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Just a simple Cherokee trial lawyer, Barkman has been forcing his opinions on others in print since, for reasons that passeth understanding, he was an unsuccessful candidate for state representative in 2002. His philosophy: "If people had wanted me to be nice, they should've voted for me."

Thursday, June 29, 2006

SCOTUS Spanks White House

From the lovely and talented Blognonymous, a review of the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, wherein the court found the use of military tribunals for "detainees" unconstitutional as it violates the Geneva Conventions, to which the US is bound by treaty.

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Blogger The Local Crank said...

Not sure how they will manage to draft a law that will allow the President to violate treaties, since the Constitution requires us to consider treaties as the same as federal law.

6/29/2006 8:25 PM  

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