Excellent ruling today BY D.C. Circuit court's rumored Supreme Court Justice nominee
" July 15 (Bloomberg) -- A federal appeals court upheld the use of military tribunals to try terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, ruling against a man accused of being Osama bin Laden's driver.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington today overturned a federal judge's ruling last November that halted the military trial of Salim Ahmed Hamdan of Yemen. The lower court said the military panels violate federal and international law.
The appeals court ruled that Congress allowed military tribunals when it gave authority to use force after the Sept. 11 attacks and through two laws it enacted. In upholding President George W. Bush's decision to use the panels to try terrorism suspects, the appeals court also said the Geneva Convention, which governs treatment of prisoners in wars between nations, doesn't apply to members of bin Laden's al-Qaeda network. "(snip)