Court Challenge to New Detainee Law May Come In "Days" (TPM)

[yodermon]

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Court Challenge to New Detainee Law May Come In "Days"

By Justin Rood - September 29, 2006, 1:02 PM
With President Bush poised to sign the White House-backed detainee treatment bill into law, groups are promising to challenge it in court "in days."

“I don’t think there’s a snowball’s chance in ‘H’ that this will be found constitutional,” Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, told Congressional Quarterly (sub. req.). CCR represents a number of Guantanamo prisoners.

Strangely, some senators who voted for the bill weren't convinced of its constitutionality. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA), who voted for the bill even after his amendment to preserve certain rights for detainees was defeated, called the proposal "patently unconstitutional on its face," The Washington Post reported. When CQ asked Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), who negotiated with the White House to win minor concessions on the legislation, if the bill was constitutional, he responded "I think so."

[AX10]

1. Unless the courts are completly corrupt, this bill will be struck down.

McCain is a bastard!

[ClintonTyree]

2. Before the ink is dry..........

if not sooner! McCain.....thinking doesn't seem to be your strong suit anymore. It may be time for him to retire.

[mmonk]

3. Thank goodness for CCR.

Real patriots and vigilant.

[napi21]

4. THAT'S exactly what I wrote on another post where everyone was

pitching a fit about the 34 Dems voting for it! I think this was the PLAN all along for those Dems. They can tell their constituents that they voted to save "W" ass, but it was unconstitutional...sorry!!!!!

I think a move like this by the SCOTUS will be MORE damaging to the PUBS than any NO vote by the Dems ever could have been!!!! U see this as the Dems giving the Pubs enough rope.....

[mmonk]

5. My opinion is there is

no excuse for an action against the constitution (and this certainly was).

[yodermon]

6. Dupe, already posted in LBN

here's link:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2536291

[niyad]

7. so they KNEW it's unconstitutional and voted for it anyway? how

on earth could we possibly have any respect for them after that?