Supreme Court Blocks Guantánamo Tribunals

In case you haven't heard...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/062906R.shtml
"Justice Stevens declared flatly that "the military commission at issue lacks the power to proceed because its structure and procedure violate" both the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which governs the American military's legal system, and the Third Geneva Convention. The majority opinion rejected the administration's claims that the tribunals were justified both by President Bush's inherent powers as commander in chief and by the resolution passed by Congress authorizing the use of force after the Sept. 11. There is nothing in the resolution's legislative history "even hinting" that such an expansion of the president's powers was considered, he wrote. "

Now lets see what King George does. Already he and his administration sound like as Commander-in-Chief, they can treat a ruling by the Supreme Court basically as a suggestion; that for reasons of "national security" and to "protect the American people" they are not bound by these decisions. "The powers of the Commander-in-Chief in a time of war are SUPREME."

Keep an ear out for the response. Pay attention.

- Vox