D. C. Supreme Court Decision

[stash]

FYI - Heard on the radio this morning 7:45 am, CDT, the Supreme Court will come down with its decision today on the D.C. gun case.

[Vic303]

So...I wonder if we will be citizens or subjects by the end of the day...

[Kalrog]

No news on scotusblog or dcguncase yet... but I wouldn't mind hearing a verdict.

[thankGod]

Let's hope for the best.

[GlockenHammer]

Nothing on the supreme court's website. Nervous anticipation....

[gregthehand]

I just said a little prayer. I asked for God to help our appointed justices make the right decesion and to help keep our country free of tyrants that wish to do our society harm.

[drw]

This wait is making me as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.

[Charles L. Cotton]

While the Supreme Court could announce on Easter Sunday if it wished, the normal time to announce is on Monday mornings "first thing" which is 10:00 am EDT. However, the Court has stated it will announce some decisions this Thursday, June 12th, but it never says which cases.

Chas.

[drw]

Thanks for that. Now I can get back to having a normal day.

[dukalmighty]

The day they announce the decision whatever it is all the gun boards will be buzzing with the results

[Mithras61]

Today's decisions appear primarily to address Habeus issues with a couple others like FOIA and International Law opinions. Nothing on Heller, unfortunately. Maybe Monday 6/16 (that would be a nice Father's Day present, huh?)

[AEA]

They ruled on Guantanamo Bay Detainees.

Supreme Court backs rights for Guantanamo detainees

Jun 12, 10:18 AM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.

The justices handed the Bush administration its third setback at the high court since 2004 over its treatment of prisoners who are being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The vote was 5-4, with the court's liberal justices in the majority.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."

It was not immediately clear whether this ruling, unlike the first two, would lead to prompt hearings for the detainees, some who have been held more than 6 years. Roughly 270 men remain at the island prison, classified as enemy combatants and held on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The administration opened the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to hold enemy combatants, people suspected of ties to al-Qaida or the Taliban.

The Guantanamo prison has been harshly criticized at home and abroad for the detentions themselves and the aggressive interrogations that were conducted there.

The court said not only that the detainees have rights under the Constitution, but that the system the administration has put in place to classify them as enemy combatants and review those decisions is inadequate.

The administration had argued first that the detainees have no rights. But it also contended that the classification and review process was a sufficient substitute for the civilian court hearings that the detainees seek.

In dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts criticized his colleagues for striking down what he called "the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants."

[anygunanywhere]

Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."

Remember this quote after martial law is declared and the knock is on the door.

Anygunanywhere

[lawrnk]

So the muslims get the rights of americans, but not the citizens in DC. Disgusting

They ruled on Guantanamo Bay Detainees.

Supreme Court backs rights for Guantanamo detainees

Jun 12, 10:18 AM (ET)

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.

The justices handed the Bush administration its third setback at the high court since 2004 over its treatment of prisoners who are being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. The vote was 5-4, with the court's liberal justices in the majority.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the court, said, "The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."

It was not immediately clear whether this ruling, unlike the first two, would lead to prompt hearings for the detainees, some who have been held more than 6 years. Roughly 270 men remain at the island prison, classified as enemy combatants and held on suspicion of terrorism or links to al-Qaida and the Taliban.

The administration opened the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to hold enemy combatants, people suspected of ties to al-Qaida or the Taliban.

The Guantanamo prison has been harshly criticized at home and abroad for the detentions themselves and the aggressive interrogations that were conducted there.

The court said not only that the detainees have rights under the Constitution, but that the system the administration has put in place to classify them as enemy combatants and review those decisions is inadequate.

The administration had argued first that the detainees have no rights. But it also contended that the classification and review process was a sufficient substitute for the civilian court hearings that the detainees seek.

In dissent, Chief Justice John Roberts criticized his colleagues for striking down what he called "the most generous set of procedural protections ever afforded aliens detained by this country as enemy combatants."

[barres]

It appears that the SCOTUS didn't hand down a ruling on the DC gun case this morning. At least not one that I could find.