N.Y. Times to Reid and Pelosi: Do Something About "Guantanamo Follies"
By Jeralyn, Section Terror Detainees
Posted on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 01:04:00 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Military Commissions (all tags)
Posted on Fri Apr 06, 2007 at 01:04:00 AM EST
Tags: Guantanamo, Military Commissions (all tags)
The New York Times in an editorial today calls on Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi to take action against the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, both of which limit appeal rights of detainees.
Both violate the Constitution, and the court should strike down the Military Commissions Act of 2006, and the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, which limits avenues for appeal. But Congress approved the military commissions, left in place the combatant status review tribunals and suspended habeas corpus. Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi have a moral obligation to lead the way to righting these wrongs.
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