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This is one of the most shocking and most disturbing news bits I've heard, recently.

Essentially, the highest court in the land has gone AGAINST the will of the U.S. Congress, the President, and (if you ask this U.S. citizen) citizenry of this great country. Those yahoos have passed a decision down that now allows those dirt-bag, American-hating terrorists in Club Gitmo to have rights in our country's court system. I call, "B.S.!"

Obviously, the majority of the justices have forgotten about Johnson v. Eisenträger (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=339&invol=763). In 1950, the Supreme Court decided that U.S. courts had no jurisdiction over German war criminals held in a U.S. war prison. Some important snippets from said decision:

1. A nonresident enemy alien has no access to our courts in wartime.

2. These nonresident enemy aliens, captured and imprisoned abroad, have no right to a writ of habeas corpus in a court of the United States.

3. The Constitution does not confer a right of personal security or an immunity from military trial and punishment upon an alien enemy engaged in the hostile service of a government at war with the United States.

4. The petition in this case alleges no fact showing lack of jurisdiction in the military authorities to accuse, try and condemn these prisoners or that they acted in excess of their lawful powers.

5. Since there is no basis in this case for invoking federal judicial power, it is not necessary to decide where, if the case were otherwise, the petition should be filed.

In the documentation of the decision, there is a line that stands out: "The resident enemy alien is constitutionally subject to summary arrest, internment and deportation whenever a 'declared war' exists." I suppose, "declared war" is a sketchy term, in our present time. The terrorists are scattered all over the place, like the complete cowards they are, and aren't necessarily a country. But, nonetheless, we've declared war against them, country or not. So, we have a war and we have enemy combatants. Looks like the puzzle pieces fit together perfectly fine to me, so why the dumbass decision?!

Aside from the obvious precedent set in 1950, there's the question of loyalty to our country. How can you be a justice in our biggest, baddest court and pass a decision like that?! Seriously, that's the dumbest thing I've heard out of that group, lately. Perhaps it's the worst I've heard in my lifetime. What about the safety of our country?

Ugh.

God help us.