Lex Malla, Lex Nulla

"A bad law is no law "

A Victory for the Rule of Law
New York Times
The Supreme Court's decision striking down the military tribunals set up to try the detainees being held in Guantánamo Bay is far more than a narrow ruling on ... - link -

Checking the Decider
Washington Post
It seemed almost too much to hope for, but the Supreme Court finally called George W. Bush onto the carpet yesterday and asked him the obvious question: What ... - link -

Analysis: Wartime powers faces scrutiny
Seattle Post Intelligencer
The Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo puts the brakes on what has been a sharp expansion of executive ... - link -

A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed
Washington Post
For five years, President Bush waged war as he saw fit. If intelligence officers needed to eavesdrop on overseas telephone calls ... - link -

The Supreme Court clips Bush's war wings
Salon
In a major rebuke to the president's draconian tactics, the court rules that secret military tribunals for terror suspects fundamentally violate US and ... - link -

Bush's claim to unfettered power is curbed
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
The US Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay tribunals yesterday dismantled the core philosophy ... - link -