Saturday, 21 June 2008

Does McCain Support Amending The Constitution To Overturn The Supreme Court’s Habeas Decision?

Think Progress
Friday, June 20, 2008

Last week, after the Supreme Court ruled that habeas corpus protections apply to detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) denounced it as “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country.” At a townhall in New Jersey, McCain railed against the “unaccountable judges” who made the decision.

On Sunday, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol suggested that McCain and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) would soon introduce legislation to undermine the decision by creating national security courts. But Graham has also floated another option for blunting the decision:
FULL ARTICLE @ Think Progress

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