Daily Archives: June 29th, 2006 «

 

Another disturbing thought for today

Posted by: ST on June 29, 2006 at 4:58 pm » 16 Comments

Taking a quick look around the conservative blogosphere and as well as the punditsphere, there isn’t a lot of optimism being expressed in light of today’s Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Aside from the obvious worries about the consequences of the USSC decision (what it will mean for CIA interrogation tactics, how the [...]

 

Supremes overrule President on Gitmo

Posted by: ST on June 29, 2006 at 10:38 am » 21 Comments

Via MSNBC: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in creating military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the opinion, which said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and the Geneva [...]

 

Weds/Thurs open thread

Posted by: ST on June 29, 2006 at 8:43 am » 13 Comments

Why can’t it be Friday? Thurs AM Update and Bump: Got a very busy day lined up ahead of me so I won’t be able to do much, if any, blogging until later this evening. In the meantime, make sure to check out Memeorandum to see what the hot issues of the day are and [...]