The Justice Department originally failed to consider the possibility that the people quarantined in Guantanamo Bay could ever receive judicial process, failing to see that actions designed specifically to circumvent existing law rarely work out (call me a pragmatist, I don't care). After getting their previous position slapped down in the recent supreme court term (in rashly), they are now apparently completely oblivious to the implications of the ruling, seeking instead to re-litigate the issues.

Despite the fairly clear indication of the Supreme Court that people are entitle to a lawyer, the Justice Department has decided to allow them to have the aid of a person who will swear that he or she is not a lawyer. So not only will they not get a lawyer, but somehow lawyers are so evil that they can't even talk to the people.

This is all a bunch of crap. If the Justice deferment is going to just flat refuse to follow rulings of the supreme court they should get on with their coup. They should also get out of the lawyer-hating business. That is like saying the detainees can get medical care, but only from someone who swears that he or she is not a doctor.

Anyway, read what riled me up at this link.

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