The cases that everyone has been waiting to hear about were announced today by the Supremes. I'm no legal scholar, but from what I have read they handed the 1600 Crew a defeat of sorts for in their quest to start their own personalized 1600 Crew Star Chamber, LLC (which would, of course, be contracted out to CheneyBurton), all remittances sent to Bermuda, please. Interestingly, even Fat Tony was a bit upset, legally speaking, by the usurpation of powers by his 1600 Crew sponsors (maybe because he didn't think of it first)...
"The very core of liberty secured by our Anglo-Saxon system of separated powers has been freedom from indefinite imprisonment at the will of the Executive," Scalia wrote, with Stevens's support.
Okay, color me a bit shocked...oh, but wait; which Justice is on his knees to La Famiglia Bush for his lifetime appointment, and spends substantial time swallowing under the desk? Could it be Justice XXX himself? Ding Ding Ding Ding
Only Justice Clarence Thomas embraced the administration's positions without reservation, referring in a dissenting opinion to "the breadth of the President's authority to detain enemy combatants, an authority that includes making virtually conclusive factual findings" that the Supreme Court is powerless to "second-guess."
Rumor has it that he had to write that out longhand, since getting #41's cock out of his mouth to dictate it was just not feasible; and he was running behind schedule, what with John Danforth and Arlen Specter waiting in his outer office for their seats on the train. If ever there was a less deserving jurist on the court in the last 60 or so years, I can't tell you who it was...Clarence "Sleepy" Thomas, what an American...
posted by Jo Fish on 06.29.04 at 12:27 AM
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They are setting precedent to save their own ass when a prosecuotr heads the next administration.
They made up for it the same day, rolling back Miranda rights for all... the case was a guy from Missouri. Wonder if he was jailed during Ashcroft's reign of freedom there?
posted by: Mr.Murder on 06.29.04 at 04:53 AM [permalink]
