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The Corner on National Review Online —
... ] I'm told he is doing better at George Washington University hospital. And I think he'd be happy to know you read his Wall Street Journal ...
Morning Mechanics: Michael Mukasey Still Has Something to Say
Politics Daily —
-While we all wish Attorney General Michael Mukasey a speedy recover from his collapse, I'm sure he would like us to read his Wall Street Journal piece regarding the Habeas rights of the Guantanamo Bay Detainees which was published this morning. -In The Washington Post, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski tell Barack Obama that Israeli-Palestinian peace should be his #1 priority in the middle east. -The LA Times tells the "silly" Al-Qaeda to get with the times and stop using the word "negro." -Edward J. Rollins writes in the New York Times that Barack Obama should keep playing politics even after he's in ...
Prayers for AG Mukasey
Power Line —
... of Attorney General Mukasey's collapse last night while speaking at the Federalist Society's national conference in Washington. Kathryn reports that midway through his remarks Mukasey seemed rattled by a heckler who called him a "tyrant." Today's Wall Street Journal carries Mukasey's important column "Al Qaeda detainees and Congress's duty." ...
Mukasey: Congress has to act on detainees
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Michael Mukasey argues that the habeas corpus requirements for terrorist detainees has created a patchwork of inconsistent decisions in the federal courts, which resulted in the order to release five Gitmo inmates this week. Unless Congress acts to establish firm guidelines, Mukasey warns in his Wall Street Journal column today, the government will have to choose between blowing crucial intelligence assets in open court or allowing terrorists to jump the immigration line and enter the US. Mukasey offers three steps to salvage a rational policy for detainees: First, Congress ...
Congress Must Act on Detainees
Stop The ACLU —
Ladies and gentlemen… The Attorney General of the United States, Michael Mukasey: First, Congress must make clear that release from the Guantanamo Bay military base does not mean that a detainee is entitled to enter the United States. Where a court finds that a detainee cannot be held as an enemy combatant, he should be returned to his home country or another country willing to receive him. He should not be permitted to jump the immigration line and enter this country. Second, habeas corpus proceedings must protect the integrity of classified information and prevent disclosing ...
AG Mukasey on How to Handle Detainees:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
Today's WSJ has an op-ed by U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey that addresses similar issues to the speech he was delivering last night at the Federalist Society's Annual Lawyers' Convention before he was incapacitated. Among other things, he called upon Congress to enact new legislation concerning the treatment and trial of detainees in accordance with the following principles: First, Congress must make clear that release from the Guantanamo Bay military base does not mean that a detainee is entitled to enter the United States. Where a court finds that a detainee cannot ...
Documents on detainee ruling
SCOTUSblog —
... Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey commented on the ruling, and on his desire for a new legislative approach to detainee cases, in this opinion piece, published by The Wall Street Journal. ...
Documents on Boumediene detainee ruling
SCOTUSblog —
... Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey commented on the ruling, and on his desire for a new legislative approach to detainee cases, in this opinion piece, published Friday by The Wall Street Journal. ...
AG Mukasey Wants You To Hear His Important Speech … Not Remember His Collapse
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
... ensure that the next Administration acts responsibly and effectively to protect our country and to protect the ideals on which it is based. For that, and for your support based on the principles that support this Society, I am grateful, and I can say with certainty that the Nation is grateful.
Thank you.
Al Qaeda Detainees and Congress’s Duty
Habeas corpus hearings could set terrorists free inside the U.S.
By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY - (WSJ) - NOVEMBER 21, 2008
Last June in Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court ruled for the ...
