Supreme Court rules against Bush and against its own Chief Justice
Earlier today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Bush’s proposed military trials for Gitmo detainees was illegal under both U.S. law and international Geneva conventions. I don’t think this comes as a surprise to many observers, given Bush’s flagrant and repeated disregard for both U.S. and international law. What is ironic though, and a bit troubling, is that this decision overturns a lower court case that was decided by John Roberts — the man who is now the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and who (obviously) supported the idea of Bush’s illegal trials. That is the sort of person Republicans want on America’s highest court, but is it the sort of person who should be?
Also troubling is that the people being held in Gitmo are somehow viewed by the Bush Administration as more dangerous than people already being held in U.S. prisons. So the detainees want to kill Americans: yes, well, lots of other people in prison have killed Americans, but we don’t imprison them without fair trials.
Also troubling is that some of the people being held in Gitmo — and whom Bush apparently wants to imprison for life without trial — are teenagers.
Exactly where in the Bible is the moral justification for all of this? I can’t find it.
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