Law restricting Guantanamo appeals upheld

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An appeals court on Tuesday upheld the part of a tough anti-terrorism law signed by President George W. Bush that took away the rights of Guantanamo prisoners to challenge their detention before U.S. federal judges.

By a 2-1 vote, the appellate panel handed the Bush administration a major victory and ruled that the law removed federal court jurisdiction over the pending cases brought by the prisoners.

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The appeals court rejected the argument by lawyers for the prisoners that the law unconstitutionally suspends their right to challenge their imprisonment.

Randolph said the lawyers' arguments on behalf of the prisoners were "creative but not cogent."

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[Felinity]

1. K&R

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:

What kind of judges are these? Anyone?

[rfranklin]

2. This was the appeals courts in Uzbekistan, right?

I think it conforms to their legal precedents.

[yellerpup]

3. So much outrage, so little time left.

K&R! :kick: :kick:

[Double T]

4. Spreadin' that good ol' 'merkin democracy 'round the world..............

and 'leadin' ' by example. Habeas corpus is on life support with a very weak pulse.

[TahitiNut]

5. The DC Circuit Court of Appeals is (arguably) the most neoconservative.

It has 'hosted' such distinguished jurists as Antonin Scalia, Robert Bork, Janice Rogers Brown, Laurence H. Silberman, Kenneth Starr, John Roberts, and Clarence Thomas.

How's that for a stellar cast? :puke: