1.15.2009

SCOTUS Update


First, Obama and Biden went over to the Supreme Court yesterday to hang out with the Justices, and sign the guestbook.

Second, SCOTUS handed down a pretty big case poking a hole in the Exclusionary Rule

Third, the first Gitmo detainee who's detention was based on other prisoner's testimony was released - because they were unrealiable.

Fourth, Susan Crawford (put in charge of the Military Commissions by Gates) released a prisoner b/c he had been tortured (waterboarded) - so the evidence was tainted and the gov't couldn't do anything with him. And she's conservative! This really blasts the rationale for "enhanced" techniques - they don't provide information, and they prevent us from actually prosecuting.

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