Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Activist What?
It seems the Judge-Hater-in-Chief has decided to listen to another branch of the government for a change.
Following the recent Supreme Court decision that smacked El Jefe's hands and forced him (God forbid) to follow either established civilian or military criminal procedure (mind you...he still has his pick), and thus the Constitution, the President's Chief Cheerleader announced today that detainees at Guantanamo Bay will now be subject to the Geneva Conventions.
While Tony Snow denies it, this is a direct reversal from earlier White House practice and policy. Republicans have long claimed that the nature of terrorist operatives makes them exempt from such provisions. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales even went so far as to call the Geneva Conventions "quaint."
This comes on the heels of news that El Jefe is scrapping his failed and embarrassing approach to foreign policy.
Let me make my opinion clear here. Allegedly, the so-called "War on Terror" is aimed at protecting our American way of life. That, in my mind, includes our criminal justice system. By subverting it the way "the Decider" has attempted to until today, we are doing exactly what the terrorists want: eliminating the American way of life.
If these men have committed crimes against America, put them on trial. If you can't find the evidence to do it, let them go. Any one of us would expect the same treatment.
Following the recent Supreme Court decision that smacked El Jefe's hands and forced him (God forbid) to follow either established civilian or military criminal procedure (mind you...he still has his pick), and thus the Constitution, the President's Chief Cheerleader announced today that detainees at Guantanamo Bay will now be subject to the Geneva Conventions.
While Tony Snow denies it, this is a direct reversal from earlier White House practice and policy. Republicans have long claimed that the nature of terrorist operatives makes them exempt from such provisions. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales even went so far as to call the Geneva Conventions "quaint."
This comes on the heels of news that El Jefe is scrapping his failed and embarrassing approach to foreign policy.
Let me make my opinion clear here. Allegedly, the so-called "War on Terror" is aimed at protecting our American way of life. That, in my mind, includes our criminal justice system. By subverting it the way "the Decider" has attempted to until today, we are doing exactly what the terrorists want: eliminating the American way of life.
If these men have committed crimes against America, put them on trial. If you can't find the evidence to do it, let them go. Any one of us would expect the same treatment.
