"Supreme Court Rejects Jose Padilla Case"

[GreenPartyVoter]

WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Jose Padilla, held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights for more than three years, sidestepping a challenge to Bush administration wartime detention powers.
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Padilla was moved in January to Miami to face criminal charges, and the government argued that the appeal over his indefinite detention was now pointless.

Three justices said the court should have agreed to take up the case anyway: Justices David H. Souter,
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and
Stephen Breyer.

And three other court members, including Chief Justice John Roberts, said that they would be watching to ensure Padilla receives the protections "guaranteed to all federal criminal defendants."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060403/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_enemy_combatant

[AndyA]

1. "..."guaranteed to all federal criminal defendants."

Yeah, I'm sure he'll get all the federal protections he deserves. Just like he has up until this point.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Exactly. What a day for civil rights.

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. I'm not sure if you intended sarcasm; if so, I missed it

Any federal protections he might deserve are entirely irrelevant. The question is the constitutional protections the government is UNEQUIVOCABLY REQUIRED to provide.

[AndyA]

5. You missed it?

...held as an enemy combatant without traditional legal rights for more than three years

Does it sound to you like he's had any "federal protections?"

That was my point.

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. Point gotten ;-) n/t

[AndyA]

7. :)

Gotta remember that :sarcasm: icon.

I can be dry. Sometimes.

[xchrom]

4. so they're watching? so what? unless they have the case actively

in front of them -- what roberts and the rest do?

compare bugars they dug out while they watched?

[RaleighNCDUer]

8. So they can arrest and hold me, or you, for three years with

no charges and that's ok if, in the end, they transfer you to a state court and file chages against you.

Welcome to Bushamerica.