God Bless the 3rd Branch

I just have to say that I have been very pleased with the judiciary's handling of President Bush's executive power-grab. Judge Leon - a Bush appointee and Iran-Contra lawyer for Cheney - ordered 5 prisoners released from Gitmo today. This has been just the latest victory for the rule of law against legally-tenuous arguments adopted by the Administration. Outside of a few early decisions out of the DC Circuit early in the War on Terror, judges of all political stripes and rank have been uncommonly unified in finding Bush's policies unconstitutional. Here, here for judicial independence.