SCOTUS Grants Guantanamo Prisoners Habeas Corpus

[BigV]

Hey mercy.... What law does apply at Guantanamo?

Be forewarned, an answer like "the military is in charge" will precipitate another question like this one, "What laws apply to the military?"

So, what do you think? What laws apply?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by BigV

Hey mercy.... What law does apply at Guantanamo?

Good question. I don't have the answer. Hence the pickle we are in now going back and forth with the courts. A better question is how do we catagorize the prisoners who are there? Some are known terrorists, others less so. Like I have said plenty of times on this forum in plenty of places, with some exceptions, if I had my way I would close it tomarrow and send them all back to their host countries and make it not our problem anymore. What their host countries choose to do with them is their business.

[flaja]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Good question. I don't have the answer. Hence the pickle we are in now going back and forth with the courts. A better question is how do we catagorize the prisoners who are there? Some are known terrorists,

By whose standards? If none of the people at Gitmo have been given a fair trial, how do you know which ones are terrorists?

And what right do we have to hold the ones that are not terrorists?

[classicman]

Originally Posted by flaja

By whose standards? If none of the people at Gitmo have been given a fair trial, how do you know which ones are terrorists?

Flip a coin, perhaps?

[flaja]

Originally Posted by classicman

Flip a coin, perhaps?

Justice should be reduced to a coin toss?