 The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Bush administration does not have the authority to try terrorism suspects by military tribunal. In a landmark decision, justices upheld the challenge by Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, against his trial at Guantanamo Bay. The court's ruling that the proceedings violated Geneva Conventions is seen as a major blow to the administration. But the ruling does not mean the closure of the Guantanamo Bay camp. The Cuba-based facility currently holds about 460 inmates, mostly without charge, whom the US suspects of links to al-Qaeda or the Taleban. It didn’t take a Legal expert to know everything about Getmo was illegal, just a reading of the Constitution would have told them. However, seeing as how over 70% of Americans have never taking the time or effort to read it they are able to get away with routinely trashing the Constitution ...
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