Court:Guantanamo Bay Detainees Can’t Challenge Cases In U.S. Courts
So says the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, when they ruled 2-1 that civilian courts no longer have the authority to consider whether the military is illegally holding foreigners. This ruling is a result of the Military Commissions Act, which bars detainees from the U.S. court system.
| 9/28/2006 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 65 – 34. Record Vote Number: 259. |
| 9/29/2006 | Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 250 – 170 (Roll no. 508). |
February 21, 2007 - 08:57 AM on February 21st, 2007
And guess how much this will have the ACLU squealing over this too bad ACLU:razz: