Mar 25 2006
A Day of Irony
March 23
Several judiciary events were placed juxtaposition to each other:
In a 5-3 ruling, the Supreme Court has decided that the police must obtain a warrant to search a home where the occupants disagree on consent to the search…
Federal Judge Leonie Brinkema reversed her own decision and allowed tainted witnesses to testify in Zacarias Moussaoui’s sentencing trial.
The Pentagon formally bars evidence obtained through torture at Guantanamo Bay. Its spokesman commented that the reason the ban was not there before was the U.S. never admitted to using torture. By having such a ban, he said, it would create a false impression.
Other related events: Guantanamo prisioners cannot appeal their imprisionment; do not have access to lawyers or bona fide trials; they cannot even escape this living hell by taking their own lives.
Thoughts: rule of law, everyone is equal before the law, Rummy the “Secretary of Torture”