Supreme Court Madness: Protecting Terrorists

The Supreme Court yesterday made one of the worst decisions in its long history.  The tragedy is that Americans will almost certainly be killed as the result of this ruling.

The short version: terrorists now have the same rights in American courts as you and me.

I want to put together a complete picture of this horrendous mistake for you, so I want to take some time to pull details together; I will likely post about it on Monday morning.  But, just to give you a taste of how bad this decision is, take a look at some of the scathing dissenting opinions:

Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote a blistering dissent and suggested that today's decision will damage national security. Scalia wrote "the game of bait-and-switch that today's opinion plays upon the nation's commander in chief will make the war harder on us. It will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed."

Chief Justice John Roberts also vehemently disagreed with the majority opinion. "So who has won?" he wrote. "Not the detainees. The court's analysis leaves them with only the prospect of further litigation." Roberts went on to write, "and certainly not the American people, who today lose a bit more control over the conduct of this nation's foreign policy to unelected, politically unaccountable judges."

In my opinion, this is a mistake bordering on treason.  If the year were 1950, this Court's decision would give Nazis the same rights and privileges as American citizens.  I kid you not.

This is why judicial appointments matter.

Stay tuned.

There's my two cents.