seems like the courts aren't too comfortable with the "enemy combatant" designation:
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A federal judge ordered the Bush administration Monday to either charge terrorism suspect Jose Padilla with a crime or release him after more than 2 1/2 years in custody.
U.S. District Judge Henry Floyd in Spartanburg, S.C., said the government can not hold Padilla indefinitely as an "enemy combatant," a designation President Bush gave him in 2002. The government contends Padilla was planning an attack with a "dirty bomb" radiological device.
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this is a great ruling for anyone who believes in the Constitution...whatever they think this guy was planning (and, as it turned out, they have no proof he was doing anything), he's a citizen and is entitled to Constitutional protection. indefinte detention of citizens, without charges, is unconstitutional, period. if the gov thinks he's guilty of something, than prove it.
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"The court finds that the president has no power, neither express nor implied, neither constitutional nor statutory, to hold petitioner as an enemy combatant," Floyd wrote in a 23-page opinion that was a stern rebuke to the government. Floyd, appointed by Bush in 2003, gave the administration 45 days to take action.
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fuckin-a - that's why he's called "The President", not "The King" or "The Emporer". seems like every time this shit gets in front of a judge, the Bushies lose, as well they should. beware of government officials who roll back constitutional protections while "defending your freedom"
http://apnews.myway.com//article/200...D88HSK4O0.html