Anthony @ 18:30 BST
High Court to Hear Detainee Case
WASHINGTON — Rejecting Bush administration arguments, the Supreme Court reversed course and agreed Friday to review whether Guantanamo Bay detainees can use the civilian court system to challenge their indefinite confinement.
The justices made the highly unusual reversal without comment along with other end-of-term orders.
In April, the court turned down an identical request, though two justices indicated they could be persuaded otherwise.
US Supreme Court to weigh in on Guantanamo again
In a reversal, the US Supreme Court agreed Friday to examine the demands of dozens of “war on terror” suspects held without charge at the Guantanamo prison to have their detention reviewed in federal court.
The panel had refused to take up the case in April after an appeals court ruled the inmates had no constitutional right to challenge their detention before federal courts because they were not US citizens or on US soil.
The Supreme Court did not explain the switch in its position, but the announcement came three weeks after the US government was dealt a setback in its bid to prosecute terror suspects in special military commissions.
The tide is turning… let’s hope this goes the way it should! 😉
I don’t know, Suzie-Q …
I suspect that Scalia is behind this so that SCOTUS gets the chance to actually “entrench” torture, indefinite detentions and no Habeas Corpus for “enemy combatants/terrorists” (whoever and whatever they may be).
Be on the look out folks … 😦