Supreme Court Hearing Arguments on Ashcroft, Mueller Immunity

Supreme Court Hearing Arguments on Ashcroft, Mueller Immunity

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The US Supreme Court this week takes up a case examining whether cabinet-level officials in the Bush White House can be held legally accountable for the administration's controversial tactics in the war on terror.

At issue is an attempt to force former Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI director Robert Mueller to stand trial with federal agents, prison guards, and their supervisors.

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"They are all named in a lawsuit filed by a Pakistani man who was held as a terror suspect for five months in solitary confinement in a US prison although there was no evidence connecting him to terrorism.

The case is set for oral argument on Wednesday."

Please let there be some iota of justice left in this country. It seems our Judicial Branch is the only part of our Federal Govt. that still occasionally likes to uphold the constitution all be it not always consistently.

I have a feeling though as to keep with the current trends they will get away with torture save for maybe some private in the marines stationed at Gitmo.

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i am not really sure what my opinion is on this matter yet.
i need to do some more investigating