WARNING: the following types of people will likely feel like their head will explode after reading the latest news on the Guantanamo prison. Those who may wish to skip this topic include but are not limited to - Pro-War advocates, Republicans, those with racist and or bigoted views about Muslims/people from or related to those from the Middle East.
If you are among the above groups and still wish to comment in this threadPLEASE refrain from posting flames in this topic, thanks!
Here are some snippets from the article:
In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the rights of prisoners being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.
The court said not only that the detainees have rights under the Constitution, but that the system the administration has put in place to classify them as enemy combatants and review those decisions is inadequate.
The court has ruled twice previously that people held at Guantanamo without charges can go into civilian courts to ask that the government justify their continued detention. Each time, the administration and Congress, then controlled by Republicans, changed the law to try to close the courthouse doors to the detainees.
The court specifically struck down a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that denies Guantanamo detainees the right to file petition of habeas corpus.
Habeas corpus is a centuries-old legal principle, enshrined in the Constitution, that allows courts to determine whether a prisoner is being held illegally.





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