Comments on: Government Brief in Boumediene v. Bush: Some Are More Equal Than Others http://tekel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/government-brief-in-boumediene-v-bush-some-are-more-equal-than-others/ finding balance Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:50:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tekel http://tekel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/government-brief-in-boumediene-v-bush-some-are-more-equal-than-others/#comment-3582 tekel Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:54:16 +0000 http://tekel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/government-brief-in-boumediene-v-bush-some-are-more-equal-than-others/#comment-3582 not race per se. Plessy was about separation of schools, which violated equal protection becuse of the inequity it created in education. The MCA creates an inequity in the courts, based on an arbitrary classification by an unaccountable political appointee. There is an indelible stigma that attaches to the "enemy combatant" designation, whether or not the detainee is eventually cleared of wrongdoing. not race per se. Plessy was about separation of schools, which violated equal protection becuse of the inequity it created in education. The MCA creates an inequity in the courts, based on an arbitrary classification by an unaccountable political appointee.

There is an indelible stigma that attaches to the “enemy combatant” designation, whether or not the detainee is eventually cleared of wrongdoing.

]]> By: What does racial discrimination have to do with the War on Terror? http://tekel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/government-brief-in-boumediene-v-bush-some-are-more-equal-than-others/#comment-3581 What does racial discrimination have to do with the War on Terror? Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:19:51 +0000 http://tekel.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/government-brief-in-boumediene-v-bush-some-are-more-equal-than-others/#comment-3581 Actually, 38 detainees were "acquitted" by the CSRT process. Actually, 38 detainees were “acquitted” by the CSRT process.

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