High court sidesteps Gitmo case
If ever there was a case that the Supremes SHOULD be deciding, it's this one. What more perfect a Supreme Court case could there be than deciding the extent of the President's Executive powers? Think perhaps the Supremes are possibly AFRAID of a political hot potato? Nawwww. Couldn't be.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday dodged a dispute over the government's plans to conduct military trials for Osama bin Laden's former driver and other foreign terror suspects, avoiding another clash over the president's powers.
Justices were asked to decide if the Bush administration is trying to shortcut the rights of non-Americans facing trials at the Guantanamo Bay Navy base in Cuba. They declined, without comment.
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