http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/internal-war-on-tribunals/ Beating Them With Their Own Sickle And Hammer Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:22:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.stoptheaclu.com/2006/07/26/internal-war-on-tribunals/comment-page-1/#comment-53872 The Heretik Wed, 26 Jul 2006 14:06:08 +0000 http://stoptheaclu.dreamhosters.com/archives/2006/07/26/internal-war-on-tribunals/#comment-53872 [...] Big surprise? “Neutral” observer (and architect of the legal house of cards) John Yoo: “This draft shows that the executive branch doesn’t think the Supreme Court got the questions on the Geneva Conventions right in Hamdan.” Message? We don’t care what you said. Support the troops? Yeah, the proposal is getting framed that way. The White House makes a claim about “troops on the battlefield” that is simply absurd and disingenuous: ““the United States cannot safely require members of the armed forces to gather evidence on the battlefield as though they were police officers.” Reality: it’s not troops on the battlefield that are being questioned here. It’s not what troops in the heat of battle do that the Supreme Court has questioned. What’s questioned is what the government does quite cooly far from the battlefield. Plus a reminder: “the Supreme Court has declared the President’s plan illegal.” [...] [...] Big surprise? “Neutral” observer (and architect of the legal house of cards) John Yoo: “This draft shows that the executive branch doesn’t think the Supreme Court got the questions on the Geneva Conventions right in Hamdan.” Message? We don’t care what you said. Support the troops? Yeah, the proposal is getting framed that way. The White House makes a claim about “troops on the battlefield” that is simply absurd and disingenuous: ““the United States cannot safely require members of the armed forces to gather evidence on the battlefield as though they were police officers.” Reality: it’s not troops on the battlefield that are being questioned here. It’s not what troops in the heat of battle do that the Supreme Court has questioned. What’s questioned is what the government does quite cooly far from the battlefield. Plus a reminder: “the Supreme Court has declared the President’s plan illegal.” [...]

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