Thread: Guantanamo Ruling by SCOTUS
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Old 08-06-2006, 09:55 PM   #212 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dylan View Post
Of course the Supreme Court has the authority to check the power of the president. "Checks and balances" remember? President Bush invented a new catagory of fighter in order to circumvent the protection of the Geneva Conventions, and the Supreme Court called his bullshit.
Sure, but the executive has power under "checks and balances" itself.

And even if Bush invented a category of fighter (he did not), what authority does the court have in "calling his bullshit?" What are the checks which the courts have? So far, I have seen none presented. It seems that their authority is absolute.