Challenging Wrongful Convictions (tags)
police state
US Courts Approve Indefinite Detention and Torture (tags)
police state
Guantanamo Hunger Strike Spreads (tags)
Guantanamo
Supreme Court Approves Police State Harshness (tags)
tyranny
Political Washington Abolishes Due Process Protections (tags)
tyranny
Mukasey to Congress: Defy the Rule of Law (tags)
More attempted administration lawlessness.
BTL:Supreme Court Decision in Guantanamo Detainee Case Could Rein in... (tags)
...Unilateral Presidential Power ~ Interview with Bruce Ackerman, constitutional law professor at Yale University, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus
JUST FOUR DAYS before the Bush administration named John G. Roberts Jr. to fill retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court, the District of Columbia federal appeals court decided a case called Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld. In a crucial victory for the administration, the court upheld President Bush's creation of special military tribunals for trials of alleged terrorists and denied them the protection of the Geneva Convention. Roberts was one of the judges who decided that case, but he should have recused himself.