SCOTUS rules on political question in ultimate political grab by 5 justices

In Boumediene, the majority found the constitutionally guaranteed privilege of habeas corpus review to apply to persons held in Guantanamo, including enemy combatants. WHAT?!

The Supreme Court has not historically heard "political questions" out of respect for the legislative and executive branches of government. When the doctrine has been construed narrowly by more liberal jurists, it has been invoked only when the issue presented to the Court is one that "has been textually committed to another branch of government." When considered more broadly by conservative jurists, the political question doctrine has been used when there is a lack of judicially manageable standards to decide the case on the merits, when judicial intervention might show insufficient respect for other branches of government, or when a judicial decision might threaten the integrity of the judicial branch.

So much for SCOTUS' integrity (Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, and Alito excepted). It hasn't been threatened by the Boumediene decision, it has been eviscerated. The Court is now a threat to the very country that it serves.

Aso, an Amicus Curiae brief submitted by the American Bar Assn. on behalf of the petitioners (enemy combatants in a time of war) shows the ABA to be the disgraceful organization that it is.

So, "people" who want to blow us up and cut our heads off have the same rights under the U.S. Constitution as school teachers and you do. And we all get to pay for this. What is going on and where will it end? This is a nightmare.

There should be a new rule of engagement - immediate adjudication on the battlefield.

Federalist Paper No. 69 and the Boumediene decision

Boumediene vastly expands the wartime power of the federal courts and contracts the power of the elected branches of government to provide for the common defense.

With respect to the executive branch, Alexander Hamilton's comments in Federalist Paper #69 are important: "Of all the cares or concerns of government, the direction of war most peculiarly demands those qualities which distinguish the exercise of power by a single hand. The direction of war implies the direction of the common strength; and the power of directing and employing the common strength, forms a usual and essential part in the definition of the executive authority."

Boumedienne will be a blemish on the Court for decades.

The horrible shape we are in

McCain the Inept and Obama the Fraud.

Other names could be used but those came to mind first. McCain could (unbelievably) be leading in the polls if he left his energy position for the waste that it is.

Drill in ANWR, drill offshore, mine the Rockies for oil shale, and tell the ROW (rest of the world) to pound sand - there is plenty where most of them live so that will keep them busy.

Tom Tancredo is calling for mandatory flex-fuel cars. At least he is using a brain.
Pelosi, Reid, and Dean (and the Dims in Congress) refuse to let us (TO LET US!) drill for oil or mine shale in our own country as we sit at the economic mercy of third world tyrants.

And we are to believe that the Left is for the troops after the nauseating Supreme Court decision on Gitmo detainees. Some will die because of it! [McCain told reporters that he had not yet read the opinion, but expressed concerns about the rights it might (MIGHT!) impart to the people being held there. These are unlawful combatants, they are not American citizens and I think we should pay attention to Justice Roberts' opinion in this decision," McCain said, referring to the chief justice's dissent. But it is a decision that the Supreme Court has made. Now we need to move forward. As you know I always favored closing Guantanamo Bay and I still think we ought to do that. (great.)

Obama issued a statement expressing support for the decision (what!?), saying that it strikes the proper balance between fighting terrorism and "protecting our core values." (I give up on him entirely) "The Court's decision is a rejection of the Bush Administration's attempt to create a legal black hole at Guantanamo -- yet another failed policy supported by John McCain," Obama said. "This is an important step toward reestablishing our credibility as a nation committed to the rule of law, and rejecting a false choice between fighting terrorism and respecting habeas corpus."] OMG!

It is time for a revolution. Most Americans love their country and will stand up for it; the rest need to leave. Now.

Liberals hate this country so much they are willing to kill it, and fellow citizens, to get revenge for Bush's election in 2000. I hate them. They aren't mindless or stupid (SCOTUS justices are far from ignorant), they are hateful, destructive self-important progressives.

Pray and get ready.