Sibby is noting Tim Johnson's soft stance on terrorism by noting last week's Senate vote that prevented terrorists from challenging their detention. Regarding the bill:
If approved in its current form by both the Senate and the House, which has not yet considered the measure but where passage is considered likely, the law would nullify a June 2004 Supreme Court opinion that detainees at Guantánamo Bay had a right to challenge their detentions in court.
Nearly 200 of roughly 500 detainees there have already filed habeas corpus motions, which are making their way up through the federal court system. As written, the amendment would void any suits pending at the time the law was passed.
For more regarding Johnson's vote on the habeas corpus bill, see this by Andrew McCarthy.
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