Comments on: Chief Justice urges inter-branch harmony

By: Charles A. Pierce

Charles A. Pierce — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:03:55 +0000

The Third Geneva Convention is the document that is used to treat Enemy Prisoners of War and the crimes that they may have committed on the battlefield or while being held by the detaining power. Using your logic every EPW from the Second World War, German or Italian could have gone in to US Courts to win their freedom. The Torture question is a serious one and needs to be looked at the detaining power but has no place in the civil court system. The vehicle to use is the Courts Martial system. The length of Detention is the length of the War, if that be 100 years the it is 100 years.

By: Patrick Luff

Patrick Luff — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:11:55 +0000

Sorry, I also forgot the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

By: Patrick Luff

Patrick Luff — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:10:59 +0000

He might also find the UN Convention Against Torture instructive.

By: Charles A. Pierce

Charles A. Pierce — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:48:47 +0000

Hopefully he will read the third Geneva Convention and follow its protocols.

By: Patrick Luff

Patrick Luff — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 20:32:27 +0000

I particularly like this line: “More than two hundred years after the American Revolution, much of the world remains subject to judicial systems that provide doubtful opportunities for challenging government action as contrary to law, or receiving a fair adjudication of criminal charges.” I wonder how the Roberts Court will address the continuing situation at Guantanamo Bay.