Ohiocore

Washington Post: "A federal judge ruled this morning that special military tribunals the Pentagon as used to determine the likely guilt of most of the 500 men held at a prison in Guantanamo Bay -- and to justify their continued imprisonment -- are illegal."

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: [Federal District Court Judge Joyce Hens] "Green also ruled that hearings set up by the government to determine if the prisoners are `enemy combatants' are unconstitutional. Those hearings, called Combatant Status Review Tribunals, had been criticized by civil rights groups because detainees are not represented by lawyers and have few legal rights."

Reuters: "the Guantanamo military tribunals for terrorism suspects are unconstitutional" and "procedures implemented by the government to confirm that the petitioners are 'enemy combatants' subject to indefinite detention violate the petitioners' rights to due process of law."

What I want to reiterate here is the fundamental premise of limited government as in the U.S. Constitution: it is not about the "prisoner's rights" or "detainee's rights" or "P.O.W.'s rights" or "enemy combatant's rights" or any such individual notion; it is about prohibiting the Government from abusive behavior and authority beyond reproach.

What you do to the least of your bretheren...