Hamdan 1, Rumsfeld 0
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With its decision in “Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld,” delivered by veteran justice John Paul Stevens yesterday, the Supreme Court has made it clear that the U.S. President must obey the international laws and treaties that the United States has signed. You know, messy little things like the Geneva Convention.
Here’s a column in the Nation about it.
Fox News’s Bill O’Reilly has a slightly different take, of course.
On a lighter note, here’s a nice Jon Stewart piece about Rumsfeld handling a testy question from former CIA employee Ray McGovern.
And, finally, a video of the President that may provide some insight into how those illegal tribunals came to be: delegation. Good managers don’t get bogged down in ethical and legal details.
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