From: "Rich Gauszka" 

In his own separate opinion, Justice Stephen Breyer said, "Congress
has not issued the executive a 'blank check."'

"Indeed, Congress has denied the president the legislative authority
to create military commissions of the kind at issue here. Nothing prevents
the president from returning to Congress to seek the authority he believes
necessary," Breyer wrote.



"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
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> The court's ruling is unconstitutional.  The constitution gives Congress
> the power to determine the jurisdiction of the court.  Congress passed a
> law in 2005 that clearly stripped jurisdiction of this case from the
> Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's refusal to follow the law and
> constitution is a blatant power grab by the court and an unconstitutional
> exercise that the President has absolutely no requirement to follow.
>
> If only Bush was gutsy enough to tell the court to take its
> unconstitutional opinion and go to hell, but instead he will likely get
> congress to amend a couple statutes and do away with the effect of this
> unconstitutional opinion thereby.
>
> With this decision the Supreme Court takes another step down the road
> towards its complete loss of moral authority to bind the citizens of this
> country.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:44a3f4fa$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
>> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
>> news:44a3f1a8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5129904.stm
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>  Phil Payne
>>>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>>>  +44 7833 654 800
>>>
>>>
>>
>> There's that damn Geneva convention again 
>>
>> The court's ruling that the proceedings violated Geneva Conventions is
>> seen as a major blow to the administration.
>>
>>
>
>

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