Three important cases are currently being debated by the US Supreme Court regarding the scope and power of the Executive Branch. I thought people here may be interested in those cases and the implications thereof.
First is the case called Hamdi, which deals with the detainment of an American citizen as an enemy combatant. If the government position is upheld, it could mean that people can be held during wartime without due process or access to counsel or any outside contact whatsoever
Another is called Padilla and is basically whether detaining foreign nationals at Guantanamo Naval Base is legal, or in violation of their rights. This could also have implications in whether people can be detained at wartime without being charged, and could limit the powers of the executive office in deep and meaningful, and IMO necessary ways.
A third is about VP Cheney's Energy Task Force and whether meetings between executive officers and such are public knowledge. It is widely believed that Cheney and other members of the task force such as Enron CEO Ken Lay sought to undermine free enterprise, and basically screw consumers. If it is held that Cheney must disclose the content of the meetings it could prove damning to the Cheney/Bush ticket for re-election.
First is the case called Hamdi, which deals with the detainment of an American citizen as an enemy combatant. If the government position is upheld, it could mean that people can be held during wartime without due process or access to counsel or any outside contact whatsoever
Another is called Padilla and is basically whether detaining foreign nationals at Guantanamo Naval Base is legal, or in violation of their rights. This could also have implications in whether people can be detained at wartime without being charged, and could limit the powers of the executive office in deep and meaningful, and IMO necessary ways.
A third is about VP Cheney's Energy Task Force and whether meetings between executive officers and such are public knowledge. It is widely believed that Cheney and other members of the task force such as Enron CEO Ken Lay sought to undermine free enterprise, and basically screw consumers. If it is held that Cheney must disclose the content of the meetings it could prove damning to the Cheney/Bush ticket for re-election.
