The Next Guantánamo …In February, the new administration disappointingly followed the example of the Bush White House in opposing judicial review for prisoners who have been indefinitely detained at Bagram without any charges or access to lawyers. The administration has now added to that disappointment by appealing a new federal court ruling extending the right of habeas corpus to some Bagram detainees. …
And habeas corpus will be extended to the Bagram detainees as a US held military base for all intents and purposes is US soil and subject to the jurisdiction of the federal courts...
And habeas corpus will be extended to the Bagram detainees as a US held military base for all intents and purposes is US soil and subject to the jurisdiction of the federal courts...
Obama doesn't get credit for that; a Rhenquist/Roberts appointee submitted that ruling, which the Obama admin opposes.
And THAT is what I disagree with. Bagram is on foreign land and not US soil. Though I will admit that I did not know they were diverting people there to get AROUND Gitmo...
The right of habeas corpus to some Bagram detainees
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