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Hamdan Decided-- Geneva Conventions Not So "Quaint" After All
JB
The Supreme Court decided today that the Bush Administration lacked authority to set up military tribunals for the Guantanamo detainees, and that the tribunals also violated both applicable military law and the Geneva Conventions.
Justice Stevens wrote the main opinion, joined by Justices Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, and joined in part by Justice Kennedy, who wrote separately. Chief Justice Roberts, who joined in the opinion of the D.C. Circuit below, recused himself. Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito each wrote dissenting opinions.
As Marty notes over on SCOTUSBlog, the big news is that the Court has now held that Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions are judicially enforceable and binding on the President. That provision of the Geneva Conventions also bans cruel treatment and torture. The Supreme Court has decided that the Geneva Conventions aren't so quaint after all.
Scalia, Thomas, and Alito were the dissenters. Surprise, surprise....
It's a sign of just how far we have fallen in this country that a SCOTUS decision affirming our obligation to the Geneva Convention is cause for dancing in the streets.
maybe Peter, but I'm nonetheless breathing a sigh of relief. It’s hard imagine anything that would play better into the hands of our enemies than for the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the President to ignore the Geneva Conventions.