(e)(1) No court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus filed by or on behalf of an alien detained by the United States who has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.
(2) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 1005(e) of the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 (10 U.S.C. 801 note), no court, justice, or judge shall have jurisdiction to hear or consider any other action against the United States or its agents relating to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of confinement of an alien who is or was detained by the United States and has been determined by the United States to have been properly detained as an enemy combatant or is awaiting such determination.'.
(b) Effective Date- The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to all cases, without exception, pending on or after the date of the enactment of this Act which relate to any aspect of the detention, transfer, treatment, trial, or conditions of detention of an alien detained by the United States since September 11, 2001.
Fuck me. So, in plain English, as I understand it, if you are detained by the military as an "enemy combatant" (or if they just think you might be an enemy combatant, but haven't decided yet), you now have no rights to a trial. No rights to hear the charges or evidence against you. You can't plead for a lawyer. A lawyer can't plead to see you. A judge can't even compel the military into confirming that you are even in their jail. You have less rights than a laboratory animal.
If we ever hope to regain the respect of anyone around the world ever again, we have to stop this shit right now.
While Keith Olbermann is about as "fair and balanced" as Bill O'Reilly, he still does a good job explaining what has me so pissed.
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The Republicans are turning this country into an Orwellian nightmare. It's frightening when V For Vendetta looks less and less like a work of fiction.
what bothers me most is that apparently americans are so scared that giving up basic freedoms sounds reaonsable. and that we let our elected officals do stupid shit like this.
Amen!
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