Thursday, 06 May 2004

Collateral Damage, part II: Last month the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Rasul v. Bush and al-Odah v. United States, both involving detainees at Guantanamo Bay and whether they have any legal rights whatsoever.

The Court's verdict will likely be announced in June… right in the middle of the ongoing investigation into abuses committed by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib.

No matter what the verdict, it's a black eye for the Bush administration: If the Court rules against Bush (as it should), it's a political defeat; if it rules in Bush's favor, then the Court looks foolishly naïve and partisan — again — which will energize Kerry's base.

- Posted by Scott Forbes at 1:22 am. comments.