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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 5:26 am Post subject: GOP Seeks Advantage In Ruling On Trials |
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Republicans yesterday looked to wrest a political victory from a legal defeat in the Supreme Court, serving notice to Democrats that they must back President Bush on how to try suspects at Guantanamo Bay or risk being branded as weak on terrorism.
In striking down the military commissions Bush sought for trials of suspected members of al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups, the high court Thursday invited Congress to establish new rules and put the issue prominently before the public four months before the midterm elections. As the White House and lawmakers weighed next steps, House GOP leaders signaled they are ready to use this week's turn of events as a political weapon. |
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| The issue is not without complexity for Republicans. A Washington Post-ABC poll this week suggested that while Americans continue to favor holding suspects at the U.S. military installation at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, they are leery of an administration policy that has resulted in almost all of the 450 detainees being held without charges. Of those polled, 71 percent said the detainees should be either given POW status or charged with a crime. |
Are some House and Senate Republicans un-American? |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: ... |
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No. It's flogging a dead horse. Let Bush do whatever. 
No no. Just kidding. But, as I've already pointed out, it's gravely unfortunate that this has taken 4 years to get to this point. |
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EFLtrainer
Joined: 04 May 2005
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| Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:26 am Post subject: Re: GOP Seeks Advantage In Ruling On Trials |
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| Kuros wrote: |
| Are some House and Senate Republicans un-American? |
What is American?? I'm beginning to think it was a mirage.... so fleeting... |
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