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SCOTUS: Bush's military tribunals and torture are unconstitutional

John at AmericaBlog has some updated details on the latest Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision: the most reactionary court in our lifetimes has upheld the principles of the Geneva Conventions (specifically Common Article III) against the Bush administration’s demand to try detainees before military tribunals. (It also will likely mean that Bush’s torture regime is also unconstitutional.) The entire opinion is here (1347KB PDF).

Rule of law: 1
Bush: 0

Posted by cognitivedissident on June 29, 2006 11:32 AM |

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