Supreme Court to Hear Tribunals Challenge
The Supreme Court agreed today to rule on the legality of the Bush administration's planned military commissions for accused terrorists, setting the stage for what could be one of the most significant rulings on presidential war powers since the end of World War II.
I feel very conflicted about the Court's decision to hear this case. On the one hand, I am dismayed that the question of whether such tribunals might be legal has ever been raised; clearly they ought not to be. However, I hope, though I do not expect, that the Court will see the light and rule that the tribunals are illegal, and that prisoners may sue in U.S. Court's to enforce the Geneva Conventions.