Our soon to be ex-president (103 days) is spanked by the courts once again. Gitmo is an embarrassment to all United States citizens and should be closed. Bush has rained scorn on the U.S. and the courts are now trying to right these Constitutional wrongs.
Peace, Love and Hope,
Rev O
Judge Orders Release of Chinese Muslims
Federal judge orders Guantanamo prisoners' release into the U.S., rejecting the Bush administration's contention that it could hold the 17 Uighurs indefinitely.
Washington Post
"A federal judge yesterday ordered a small band of Chinese Muslims being held at the Guantanamo Baymilitary prison released into the United States by Friday, rejecting the Bush administration's contention that it could detain them indefinitely without cause."
"Because the Constitution prohibits indefinite detention without cause, the government's continued detention of the [detainees] is unlawful," Urbina said. "Because separation-of-powers concerns do not trump the very principle upon which this nation was founded -- the unalienable right to liberty -- the court orders the government to release the [men] into the United States.
"He (the judge) also noted that the government has not charged the men with crimes and that it has not produced evidence justifying their detentions. "The unilateral, carte blanche authority the political branches purportedly wield over the Uighurs is not in keeping with our system" of government, he said.
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