Chinasaur
12-18-2003, 04:23 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3332633.stm
A good quote - "Even in times of national emergency... it is the obligation of the judicial branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the executive branch from running roughshod over the rights of citizens and aliens alike," said the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Additionally, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 that the U.S. government must release Jose Padilla from military custody within 30 days. Padilla, accused of conspiring to detonate a dirty bomb, is a US citizen who has been deprived his rights of due process for a year and a half and has been held without access to legal counsel in a military prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/18/padilla.case/index.html
A good quote - "Even in times of national emergency... it is the obligation of the judicial branch to ensure the preservation of our constitutional values and to prevent the executive branch from running roughshod over the rights of citizens and aliens alike," said the ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Additionally, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 that the U.S. government must release Jose Padilla from military custody within 30 days. Padilla, accused of conspiring to detonate a dirty bomb, is a US citizen who has been deprived his rights of due process for a year and a half and has been held without access to legal counsel in a military prison.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/12/18/padilla.case/index.html