The Supreme Court has not closed the doors of justice to the detainees imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay. This is a major victory for the rule of law and affirms the right of every person, citizen or non-citizen, detained by the United States to test the legality of his or her detention in a U.S. Court.
More Quotes from Michael Ratner:
The President decided that he was no longer running the country as a civilian President. He issued a military order giving himself the power to run the country as a general.Michael Ratner
I find it extremely hypocritical that Washington is investigating this group for the 'crime' of traveling to Cuba. The U.S. government is flagrantly violating even the most basic norms of human rights - such as indefinite detention without charges, denial of fair trials and, most importantly, torture. There are far greater crimes at play here than Witness Against Torture's travel logistics.
Michael Ratner
It is an outrage that the U.S. government put him before a tribunal that is essentially a court of conviction not of justice.
Michael Ratner
It is not debatable whether the president can order electronic eavesdropping once Congress has passed a law making it criminal to do so. It is impeachable. The fact that we are sitting in 21st century America debating the issue of presidential power is ridiculous to me.
Michael Ratner
Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights alluded to Plessy v. Ferguson , the notorious 1896 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the separate-but-equal ... The legacy of that thought is what we saw at the Superdome.
Michael Ratner
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Citizen Quotes, Justice Quotes, Law & Regulation QuotesBased on Keywords: non-citizen
I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned.
Toru Takemitsu
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
William Jennings Bryan
A young man who is here speaks the Panis language, and in many other respects, is preferable.
Zebulon Pike