Conservative Court Said Bush Detainne Policy Unconstitutional

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Message to conservative nitwits: Stop blaming the left and liberals and Democrats and anyone who is as ignorant as you are.

The Supreme Court rules on Rasul v. Bush
In the summer of 2004 the United States Supreme Court ruled on the habeas corpus submission Rasul v. Bush. The Supreme Court confirmed that the aspect of the Bush Presidency's detainee policy that asserted that the captives should have no access to the protections of habeas corpus was unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court rules on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
In the summer of 2006 the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush Presidency lacked the Constitutional authority to empower Guantanamo military commissions. They did rule, however, that the United States Congress did have the authority to empower trial by military commission of the Guantanamo captives.

On June 29, 2007 the Supreme Court agreed to hear outstanding habeas corpus, opening up the possibility that they might overturn some or all of the Military Commissions Act.

The Supreme Court rules on Boumediene v. Bush
On June 12, 2008 the United States Supreme Court ruled, in Boumediene v. Bush, that the Guantanamo captives were entitled to the protection of the United States Constitution. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, described the CSR Tribunals as "inadequate", and wrote:

Guantanamo captives' habeas corpus petitions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Is Arlen Spector a liberal Dem?

[edit] The proposed Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007
Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter have proposed Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007, to restore access to habeas corpus to the Guantanamo captives.[6] Debate began on the bill on September 17, 2007. It has been attached, as an amendment, to a Defense bill.