The Supreme Court Goes to War
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| Author(s) | John Yoo |
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| Source | The Wall Street Journal |
| Date | June 17, 2008 |
| URL | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121366596327979497.html |
| Quote | "Judicial micromanagement will now intrude into the conduct of war. Federal courts will jury-rig a process whose every rule second-guesses our soldiers and intelligence agents in the field. A judge's view on how much "proof" is needed to find that a "suspect" is a terrorist will become the standard applied on the battlefield. Soldiers will have to gather "evidence," which will have to be safeguarded until a court hearing, take statements from "witnesses," and probably provide some kind of Miranda-style warning upon capture. No doubt lawyers will swarm to provide representation for new prisoners."
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This item argues against the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.

