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Originally posted by Seaver
They are not US citizens. They have no Constitutional power. They are being treated fairly according to the Geneva Convention. The Supreme Court overstepped its bounds by declaring they have constitutional rights, for that to happen it would take the Legislative branch to start a bill. The DoD (or possibly executive branch) told them to fuck off. Good for them.
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The White House and Pentagon have ruled from the beginning that as "enemy combatants," the Guantanamo prisoners are not subject to Geneva Convention regulations. If they also have no legal recourse under American law than they are in limbo and are essentially prisoners to the whims of the executive branch. Doesn't this strike you as a bit authoritarian and, perhaps, unamerican?