Shadegg Proposes Military Courts, Not Civilian Judges Protect America
Shadegg: “It is outrageous that the Supreme Court of the United States has endangered innocent American lives so Guantanamo Bay detainees can experience the rights and freedoms of the society they seek to destroy.”
Washington,
Jun 17 -
Today, Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) introduced the Boumediene Jurisdiction Correction Act, which would provide military courts with exclusive original jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions of detained foreign enemy combatants being held at Guantanamo Bay:
“Suspected foreign terrorists captured abroad and detained outside U.S. borders do not possess the same constitutional rights as American citizens, plain and simple. It is outrageous that the Supreme Court of the United States has endangered innocent American lives so Guantanamo Bay detainees can experience the rights and freedoms of the society they seek to destroy.
We have seen individuals released from Guantanamo or prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan return to their terrorist networks and to the fields of battle. It is therefore even more shocking that, in a time of war, our nation’s highest court would charge appointed federal civilian judges, who have absolutely no expertise in terrorism or national security, with the responsibility of determining a detainee’s habeas corpus petition. Although I disagree that enemy combatants should be extended these constitutional rights, the legislation I introduced today, at the very least, places this responsibility in the hands of U.S. military courts. ”
