Geneva Conventions
How terrorism became legal
- Posted by Rob (#1) on July 9, 2006 16:16 CEST
This week, in a landmark case, the US Supreme Court awarded terrorists extraordinary legal protection:
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.
The ruling, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies, was written by Justice John Paul Stevens, who said the proposed trials were illegal under U.S. law and international Geneva conventions.
All across the world, liberals rejoiced. And that while this ruling is, of course, major insanity.
I'm very much in favour of some sort of legal framework for illegal combatants. But it is absurd that in a time of war, non-US citizens should get protection under US law. It is also absurd that terrorists should get protection under the Geneva conventions, even when said conventions explicitly exclude them. To me, extending the application of law outside of the intended scope is by no means correctly interpreting law. But then again, I am no statist nor a sympathiser of terrorists.
Pirate's Cove has a very nice summary of various responses.
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