Ping Pong Padilla

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Ping Pong Padilla
by thebhc
Thu Dec 29, 2005 at 01:04:21 PM PDT

Justice Department prosecutors have reacted rather strongly towards the 4th Circuit's ruling that the government could not transfer Jose Padilla to civilian court to face some other, wholly unrelated charges that, at the time, appeared to come out of nowhere. It looked to everyone, including the 4th Circuit, that the government was attempting to avoid a hearing by the Supreme Court, which would be the final arbiter of the government's claimed right to hold citizens indefinitely and without trial as long as the label "enemy combatant" was plastered all over the prisoner. To most, this was a clear violation of constitutional rights and when the DoJ switched course on the charges, it seemed obvious that they were not at all confident as to the outcome of a Supreme Court decision on this.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/12/29/15421/507

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2. even if there had been anything on him...

Bush and his cronies have done everythign in their power to ensure that most terrorist suspects get off.