The Meaning of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
On June 29, the Supreme Court decided Hamdan v. Rumsfeld , the case in which the Supremes ruled that the military tribunals set up by President Bush to try accused war criminals at Guantanamo weren’t legal. Now NPR’s NINA TOTENBERG has a smart rundown on how the case came about and its real significance regarding the limits of presidential power.
Meanwhile, Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that the administration was putting in lots of time during the last weeks of summer trying to convince members of Congress that they have to reinstate the tribunals, according to GREG GORDEN and JAMES ROSEN of the San Jose Mercury News.. Plus the Washington Post has a letter from a Kuwaiti father whose son has been locked up at Gitmo for the past four and a half years with no end in sight.