Courts Deny Habeas Corpus
02-21-07
mpg

US appeals court upholds denial of habeas corpus rights to Guantánamo detainees
A quote...."On the right of habeas corpus, the US Constitution states, “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” Judge Randolph argues that this provision does not apply to non-citizens outside of US territory, and holds that Guantánamo Bay technically belongs to Cuba, * not the United States. According to Randolph, none of the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay have a constitutional right to habeas corpus, and therefore Congress did not act unconstitutionally in depriving them access to US courts."  -  italics added - mpg

This is an example of the sick, white is black, up is down, reasoning in our country.  If Guantánamo Bay really "belongs" to the Cubans than their "ownership" would usually imply they have a say in not having "Abu Ghraib West" and a bunch of torturing thugs on "their" territory.

But like most of the concepts which now emanate from the neither regions of what passes for the judicial system in this country, ownership along with everything else we use to value is just a complete fiction.  Like Bush stated in an acrimonious argument one day regarding his torture policies - “Stop throwing the Constitution in my face,” Bush screamed back. “It’s just a goddamned piece of paper!”

Oh but it gets better.

"In the course of his ruling, Randolph makes a significant statement suggesting that habeas corpus could be denied to anyone, including citizens, so long as they are not detained within the United States."

So if you're kidnapped dear fellow citizen and taken to a far away land, you can be held indefinitely, tortured till you "confess", have such "evidence" used against you in a kangaroo court, all of this without the right to a lawyer, habeas corpus or the refuge of the US constitution......oh and they can even execute you too. - mpg

See also....New Pentagon detainee manual could lead to executions based on 'hearsay evidence'
See also....Patriot, loyalist or worse yet in assault of liberty
See also....Still No Habeas Rights for You

end - mpg