Military Commissions Bill (S. 3930)
Posted by jgrant, 2006-10-14 19:07:00
In the Senate, only 34 Senators voted against the White House-crafted Military Commissions bill that
* re-establishes President Bush's military tribunals, which were rejected by the Supreme Court as unconstitutional, * legalizes U.S. war crimes committed before December 30, 2005, * disallows any person harmed by the U.S., in violation of the Geneva Conventions, from filing a claim in U.S. court, * strips legal residents of the U.S. of their right to challenge their detention in court if they're accused of being “enemy combatants,” * abolishes the right of Guantanamo detainees to challenge their detention, which in effect pre-judges all of them as guilty, * approves the “CIA program” that allows waterboarding and other forms of torture, * and names any individual, including citizens, as an “unlawful enemy combatant” if they provide “material support” to those engaged in hostilities against the U.S.
