Today in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court rule that the "enemy combatants" in Guantanemo deserve to be tried in a real court, not a kangaroo court in Cuba.
Habeas Corpus is an ancient doctrine that basically says a person must be brought to a real court, presented with real charges, and a decision must be made as to whether the person should remain in custody.
Abraham Lincoln suspended the write of Habeas Corpus during the Civil War to hold Confederates in the Union without bringing them to trial.
It was wrong then, and it is wrong now. If these are truly bad people we have in Guantanemo (and I'm not convinced that all of them are bad, since many of them were given to us by other dictators they pissed off), then there should be no issues with bringing them to trial. A country should not be afraid to take people to a real courtroom, not a military tribunal, if it really believes that the said persons committed crimes.
This ruling is an important victory for Liberty, since the government was on a slippery slope of being able to detain anyone, including American citizens, and keeping them locked up forever without a trial.
I have long been against holding these people without a trial. If it is proven that they killed Americans, we should execute them. But every person deserves the right to a fair trial, and this is what we were denying.
Sorry Bush, sorry McBush, oops I mean McCain. You aren't above the law anymore.