John McCain displays a shocking degree of ignorance about habeas corpus
PEMBERTON, N.J. -- Calling it “one of the worst decisions in the history of this country,” John McCain ripped into the Supreme Court’s decision to allow Guantanamo detainees access to civilian trials for the second day in a row. “We're now going to have the courts flooded with so-called "habeas corpus suits" against the government, whether it be about the diet, whether it be about the reading material,” McCain said. “Our first obligation is the safety and security of this nation and the men and women who defend it. This decision will harm our ability to do that.”
This is utter bullshit, and McCain ought to know better. Habeas corpus has nothing to do with the conditions in which detainees are treated. It only has to do with whether the detainees are being held for legitimate reasons. For McCain to display such ignorance of the fundamental principle of American law aptly demonstrates that he is nowhere nearly qualified to be President. He's not even qualified to be a Senator.
This is utter bullshit, and McCain ought to know better. Habeas corpus has nothing to do with the conditions in which detainees are treated. It only has to do with whether the detainees are being held for legitimate reasons. For McCain to display such ignorance of the fundamental principle of American law aptly demonstrates that he is nowhere nearly qualified to be President. He's not even qualified to be a Senator.