Anger is a gift (Happy 3rd Anniversary!)

[Gemini Cricket]

I'm not the only person on the planet who thinks Scalia is crooked:

On the eve of oral argument in a key Supreme Court case on the rights of alleged terrorists, a group of retired U.S. generals and admirals has asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, arguing that his recent public comments on the subject make it impossible for him to appear impartial.

In a letter delivered to the court late yesterday, a lawyer for the retired officers cited news reports of Scalia's March 8 remarks to an audience at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland. Scalia reportedly said it was "crazy" to suggest that combatants captured fighting the United States should receive a "full jury trial," and dismissed suggestions that the Geneva Conventions might apply to detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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Now this is a judge saying casually at a meeting that someone doesn't deserve a full jury trial.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Now this is a judge saying casually at a meeting that someone doesn't deserve a full jury trial.

No. He is saying that a captured military combatant is not deserving of a jury trial.

I personally think Breyer should recuse himself of all cases, because he advocates citing foreign law, but that's beside the point.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

No. He is saying that a captured military combatant is not deserving of a jury trial.

And for how long is this person supposed to sit in prison without representation at all? And what if after all those years we find out we had the wrong person?

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I personally think Breyer should recuse himself of all cases, because he advocates citing foreign law, but that's beside the point.

Well, we can't all get what we want.