The Senate has now passed legislation to address the recent US Supreme Court decision striking down military commissions. What has been "introduced" appears just as offensive - and as Major Mori, David Hick's US lawyers has said, no better than what existed before.
The US Center for Constitutional Rights has issued a Statement about the latest legislation which in part [read the full text here] says:
"With the defeat of the Specter Amendment to the Military Commissions Act, Congress has sacrificed any semblance of a meaningful balance of power. Congress is now rubber-stamping a bill that was written by the President which gives the President expansive power to detain without judicial oversight. If the Military Commissions Act is passed, it will grant the President the privilege of kings, allowing him to imprison any critics as alleged 'enemy combatants,' never to see the inside of a court room or to have the chance to challenge their detention or their treatment. What would we say if another country passed a law making it legal to snatch U.S. citizens and detain them indefinitely?"
The LA Times details the reaction and consequences of the new legislation here.
Meanwhile, A-G Ruddock, traipsing around the US and having met the US A-G [hardly worth a boot-strap as a lawyer lawyer let alone an advocate for human rights] is saying that he hopes that David Hicks will be dealt with quickly. How re-assuring! - from the most disgraceful No #1 law-man in the country ever.
The US Center for Constitutional Rights has issued a Statement about the latest legislation which in part [read the full text here] says:
"With the defeat of the Specter Amendment to the Military Commissions Act, Congress has sacrificed any semblance of a meaningful balance of power. Congress is now rubber-stamping a bill that was written by the President which gives the President expansive power to detain without judicial oversight. If the Military Commissions Act is passed, it will grant the President the privilege of kings, allowing him to imprison any critics as alleged 'enemy combatants,' never to see the inside of a court room or to have the chance to challenge their detention or their treatment. What would we say if another country passed a law making it legal to snatch U.S. citizens and detain them indefinitely?"
The LA Times details the reaction and consequences of the new legislation here.
Meanwhile, A-G Ruddock, traipsing around the US and having met the US A-G [hardly worth a boot-strap as a lawyer lawyer let alone an advocate for human rights] is saying that he hopes that David Hicks will be dealt with quickly. How re-assuring! - from the most disgraceful No #1 law-man in the country ever.
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