http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/10/more-on-the-military-commissions-act.html The Emergent Chaos Jazz Combo Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/10/more-on-the-military-commissions-act.html/comment-page-1#comment-2769 KipEsquire Thu, 19 Oct 2006 17:00:15 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2019#comment-2769 Thanks for the kind words. :-) Thanks for the kind words. :-)

]]> http://emergentchaos.com/archives/2006/10/more-on-the-military-commissions-act.html/comment-page-1#comment-2768 Chris Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:21:44 +0000 http://emergentchaos.com/?p=2019#comment-2768 IANAL, but Marbury v. Madison is still a precedent. This law limits jurisdiction only as long as it is in force. To that point, I think this law will ultimately be found unconstitutional. If King George doesn't like the SC, his only recourse is to pack it (a la FDR), to wait until enough of its members retire to fill it with yes-men (gender non-neutral word choice deliberate), or to amend the Constitution in a way that authorizes these interrogations and their attendent body of rights-violating procedures. IANAL, but Marbury v. Madison is still a precedent. This law limits jurisdiction only as long as it is in force.
To that point, I think this law will ultimately be found unconstitutional. If King George doesn’t like the SC, his only recourse is to pack it (a la FDR), to wait until enough of its members retire to fill it with yes-men (gender non-neutral word choice deliberate), or to amend the Constitution in a way that authorizes these interrogations and their attendent body of rights-violating procedures.

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