Political (again)
Dec. 19th, 2003 09:38 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petermarcusBravo! Though I've disagreed with the 9th Circuit court many times in the past, they got one right:
9th Circuit [Court of Appeals ruled] "even in times of national emergency -- indeed, particularly in such times -- it is the obligation of the judicial branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the executive branch from running roughshod over the rights of citizens and aliens alike. ... We hold that no lawful policy or precedent supports such a counter-intuitive and undemocratic procedure."
From here: Court: Gitmo suspects need lawyers
Now, on to a half dozen similar cases going before the Supreme Court.
I feel Bush's pain (I couldn't care less about Ashcroft's pain) -- his Justice Department and military wants information to prevent further tragedies and to win wars. But, the FBI wants the same types of information against organized crime, local cops want the same types of information against petty and not-so-petty crime. The Constitution (and ratified treaties, such as Geneva) can not be put aside, even temporarily, even though the rules of war and crime have changed.
9th Circuit [Court of Appeals ruled] "even in times of national emergency -- indeed, particularly in such times -- it is the obligation of the judicial branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the executive branch from running roughshod over the rights of citizens and aliens alike. ... We hold that no lawful policy or precedent supports such a counter-intuitive and undemocratic procedure."
From here: Court: Gitmo suspects need lawyers
Now, on to a half dozen similar cases going before the Supreme Court.
I feel Bush's pain (I couldn't care less about Ashcroft's pain) -- his Justice Department and military wants information to prevent further tragedies and to win wars. But, the FBI wants the same types of information against organized crime, local cops want the same types of information against petty and not-so-petty crime. The Constitution (and ratified treaties, such as Geneva) can not be put aside, even temporarily, even though the rules of war and crime have changed.
