DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS and CIVIL LIBERTIES in AMERICA STR..

(reposting from alt.politics.bush)

http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=568

Judge Sentelle Strikes Again!

You really have to hand it to the man for being there when his party
really needed him! For more than three decades, he has bravely stepped
forward to defend Republican administrations against the evils of the
Constitution of the United States. And just days ago, in true form, and
hiding behind the anonymity of time, Judge David Bryan Sentelle has done
it again!

In case you missed it, Judge Sentelle just joined Judge A. Raymond
Randolph in a 2-1 decision that should unnerve everyone who reads it.
Sitting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, the two men ruled that that hundreds of detainees in U.S.
custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba do not have the right to challenge their
imprisonment in federal courts.

In essence, George W. Bush and his cohorts can keep nearly 400 detainees
caged in their Guantanamo prison indefinitely, with no charges, no
access to counsel, and no way on earth to appeal their status or attempt
to attempt to prove their innocence.

The ruling was based on the outrageous supposition that Guantanamo Bay
prison is not US territory, and therefore excludes any claim of habeas
corpus. The two prevailing judges insist that Guantanamo is a leased
property that falls under Cuban sovereignty.

So, move the prisoners to the US and restore their rights as human
beings being held by the government of the United States of America.
Yeah, right.

For the record, this decision is consistent with the political record
Sentelle has compiled on the bench. Bear in mind that this protégé of
Sen. Jesse Helms was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of North Carolina by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
He was appointed to his current position to replace Antonin Scalia in 1987.

So, was it any surprise that in 1989 Judge Sentelle (along with Laurence
Silberman) voted to overturn the convictions of Oliver North and John
Poindexter of Iran-Contra notoriety? After all, Sentelle had served as
chairman of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party in North Carolina
and had been a Reagan delegate at the 1984 GOP convention. Loyalty is,
after all, loyalty.

Not long after, it was absolutely in character for Sentelle to appoint
Kenneth Starr to replace Robert B. Fiske as lead independent council to
investigate President Bill Clinton. So it is perfectly fitting that his
ruling concerning the detainees so beautifully supports the goals of
George Bush's neocon empire seekers. Anything else would have been
unthinkable.

Now bear in mind that the Bush administration recently fired and
replaced seven U.S. attorneys, none of whom was charged with or guilty
of wrongdoing. Surprise, surprise....

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>
> If living in Fantasyland makes you feel better, then by all means
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> Elbert Hubbard



hornmplayer9599,

You are an intellectual. Ignore my post.




(reposting from alt.politics.bush)

http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=568

Judge Sentelle Strikes Again!

You really have to hand it to the man for being there when his party
really needed him! For more than three decades, he has bravely stepped
forward to defend Republican administrations against the evils of the
Constitution of the United States. And just days ago, in true form, and
hiding behind the anonymity of time, Judge David Bryan Sentelle has done
it again!

In case you missed it, Judge Sentelle just joined Judge A. Raymond
Randolph in a 2-1 decision that should unnerve everyone who reads it.
Sitting on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit, the two men ruled that that hundreds of detainees in U.S.
custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba do not have the right to challenge their
imprisonment in federal courts.

In essence, George W. Bush and his cohorts can keep nearly 400 detainees
caged in their Guantanamo prison indefinitely, with no charges, no
access to counsel, and no way on earth to appeal their status or attempt
to attempt to prove their innocence.

The ruling was based on the outrageous supposition that Guantanamo Bay
prison is not US territory, and therefore excludes any claim of habeas
corpus. The two prevailing judges insist that Guantanamo is a leased
property that falls under Cuban sovereignty.

So, move the prisoners to the US and restore their rights as human
beings being held by the government of the United States of America.
Yeah, right.

For the record, this decision is consistent with the political record
Sentelle has compiled on the bench. Bear in mind that this protégé of
Sen. Jesse Helms was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of North Carolina by President Ronald Reagan in 1985.
He was appointed to his current position to replace Antonin Scalia in 1987.

So, was it any surprise that in 1989 Judge Sentelle (along with Laurence
Silberman) voted to overturn the convictions of Oliver North and John
Poindexter of Iran-Contra notoriety? After all, Sentelle had served as
chairman of the Mecklenburg County Republican Party in North Carolina
and had been a Reagan delegate at the 1984 GOP convention. Loyalty is,
after all, loyalty.

Not long after, it was absolutely in character for Sentelle to appoint
Kenneth Starr to replace Robert B. Fiske as lead independent council to
investigate President Bill Clinton. So it is perfectly fitting that his
ruling concerning the detainees so beautifully supports the goals of
George Bush's neocon empire seekers. Anything else would have been
unthinkable.

Now bear in mind that the Bush administration recently fired and
replaced seven U.S. attorneys, none of whom was charged with or guilty
of wrongdoing. Surprise, surprise....

More in full blog:
http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=568