Obama suspends Habius Corpus at GITMO

I said they weren't entitled to Habeas Corpus or protection under the Geneva conventions as they are unlawful combatants

It was actually this exact supreme court ruling, handed down just last year, which overturned the standing precedent involving habeas corpus.

You were quite clear when bush was i office, you felt when the president does stuff like this he should be prosecuted did you not? We all heard you say it multiple times.

So here it is in black and white, reduced to the lowest common denominator. The Executive order was illegal, plain as day. WIll you stick to your guns and defend habeas corpus, or will you reveal yourself to the world as nothing more then a liberal ideologue? Your choice

Didn't a judge also suspend the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed for the same 120 days, for the same reason? Your opinion of this judge?

Or your killing me man lol, you don't actually think I'm going to believe you didn't understand me. Alright, let me break this down to yo nice and slow

Habeas Corpus and the Geneva conventions, by law and legal precedent, were not extended to terror suspects (unlawful combatants) until 2008. There, as mentioned above, the Supreme Court of the USA ruled that in fact Habeas Corpus did extend to the prisoners. No change was made on Geneva because it's outside the jurisdiction of the USA.

This meant that from the moment that was handed down, GITMO detainees were entitled to due process. At that point prosecutes began filing charges and many detainees, who were deemed "not a threat" were processed for release as the Government didn't have enough to build a case against them. It, just as any other Supreme Court ruling, is not retro active. This means that what happened for the last seven years could not be considered illegal. You cannot prosecute somebody for breaking a law or violating a legal precedent which should have been in place, but was not.

Obama's executive order, as detailed above, is a violation of Habeas Corpus, now (by way of that supreme court ruling) extended to GITMO detainees.

You're argument about "Bush did it for seven years so I think it's okay if Obama does it for 120 days" is legally incorrect.

If you cannot understand that you need to get off the computer and take a US government class. You're not arguing the enforcement of the law, you're arguing the enforcement of what you want the law to be.

For clarification: It is legal for the Judaical Branch to postpone proceedings, this happens all the time. The Judge is a member of the Judaical Branch with the authority to do so. The president, as per the supreme court ruling above, may not due the same under any circumstances.

Is this all you got man, this is elementary level US government stuff

he'll be told to, doesn't mean he will

Having a Supreme Court ruling less then a year old in your favor is pretty good insurance

"Unlawful Combatant" is a term that originates from the Geneva conventions and our LOAC (Law of Armed Conflict), it predates the military commissions act by decades.

Sorry but everything I'm hearing is either a misinterpretation of the law, or ignorant of the law all together.

I'll ask you again, are you pro habeas corpus, or do you stand with Obama. You seem to not want to touch that with a 10 ft pole