‘Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO) Act of 2008’
Posted on July 29, 2008
Representative Louis Gohmert, (R-TX) sponsored legislation today that would move terrorist detainees from Club GITMO to the grounds of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. to be overseen by the Supreme Court Justices.
Rep. Gohmert explains his reasoning here on Politico.
And here in his Bill;
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion styled Boumediene v. Bush on June 12, 2008.
(2) Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the court’s majority opinion, held that foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in United States courts.
(3) This is an obvious effort on the part of the Supreme Court to micromanage the detainment and disposition of detainees in the War on Terror who are dedicated to destroying innocent people and the American way of life.
(4) The United States Supreme Court clearly needs increased opportunity to oversee the handling of the enemy combatants, as it has seen fit to take a greater role in managing the Global War on Terror, which is a duty previously exercised by the Executive Branch.
(5)There can be no better way for the United States Supreme Court to exercise its new self-appointed war powers than to house the prisoners whom it has taken a greater role in overseeing.
If the SCOTUS wishes to micromanage the detainees by all means let them. But sticking them outside of the Supreme Court building may cause problems with tourists. Unless the government can set up a walk through exhibition and put the terrorists on display. I can see it now.
For just two dollars and fifty cents (a buck and a quarter for seniors, students and the disabled) take a walking tour the the Supreme Courts newest Attraction, TERRORISTS ON DISPLAY!
SEE the unluckiest scum of the earth, captured on the field of battle, possibly never to see freedom again.
WATCH them as they pray five times a day hoping for deliverance from their never ending captivity.
HEAR the wails of their supplications to their moon god as they beg for release and vengeance which will never come.
FEEL nothing for these murderous thugs unless you are an American-hating-sissy-nincompoop-nanny-stater.
Imagine the money to be made. We might even be able to put a dent in the deficit with this.
An even better idea, I think, is to put these guys in the homes of Supreme Court Justices. Better yet even is this one; we can move the SCOTUS to GITMO!
Either way Rep Gohmert is onto something here. Call your reps and have them co-sponsor this bill. It’s the patriotic thing to do.
SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION AND DETAINMENT OF ENEMY COMBATANTS.
(a) Transportation- The Secretary of Defense shall immediately transport all enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court shall hold the prisoners on the Court grounds, confined by adequate fencing.
(b) Shelter on Supreme Court Building Grounds- The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of the majority opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, is directed to provide shelter for the detainees outside the United States Supreme Court building, but on the building grounds. The Secretary of Defense shall provide guards to watch over the prisoners and shall implement a system to ensure that the prisoners receive the appropriate amount of food and water. Should the detainees need the use of restroom facilities, they shall use the facilities inside the United States Supreme Court building. The Chief Justice, if the Chief Justice so chooses, may perform the duties of Justice Anthony Kennedy under this subsection.
(c) Guard Duty- If any of the nine Supreme Court justices desire at any time to stand guard over the prisoners, or to provide the prisoners with their meals or water, or both, then the justices shall be permitted to perform these functions whenever they want.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.
If either the Secretary of Defense or any justice of the Supreme Court refuses to carry out their duties under this Act, then their respective department or court shall receive funding for the next fiscal year at half the level of funding appropriated for the current fiscal year, or until such time as the Supreme Court no longer desires to micromanage the prisoners who have sworn to destroy our way of life.
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Gohmert is a former judge with a sense of humor. Everyone should move to Texas’ First District to show him the proper support. Man, I want this bill to pass, it would be 62 different kinds of awesome.