Bush Administration Not Happy with Boumediene Supreme Court Ruling

President Bush isn't happy that the Supreme Court ruled against his administration 5-4 in the Boumediene case, according to an AP article. His reaction to the Boumediene case in Rome, Italy: "We'll abide by the court's decision. That doesn't mean I have to agree with it." The Supreme Court ruled in the Boumediene case that those foreigners who are being held as terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to challenge their detention in America's civilian courts.

How Will This Court Decision Affect the Bush Administration's War On Terror?

Most of the 270 men at Gitmo have not even been charged with any crime, and the terrorism suspects have even been confined there for years. This includes Osama Bin Laden's ex-driver Salim Hamdan, according to the AP article.

I think this Boumediene ruling is a good decision by the court, because it's ridiculous that people aren't given a speedy trial. We as the United States of America are supposed to have a higher moral and legal standard. This means that when foreigners are suspected of committing crimes against us, then the legal process, military or civilian, needs to assure the suspects of speedy trials instead of holding them at Gitmo for years on end. Let them be tried fairly and quickly.

If the suspects are guilty, then punish them, if they are not, then let them go. Why should the taxpayers be paying to hold suspects years on end without resolving anything, especially if there's a chance some of those folks aren't guilty? The Bush Administration should quit playing games and try terrorism suspects soon after they are apprehended, and show the world why America is a fair country over human rights. Holding suspects at Gitmo for years on end without a trial has nothing to do with finding terrorism suspects or fighting terrorism.

The Boumediene ruling may start the process rolling for all the Gitmo suspects to finally get some kind of trial in the courts, but I'm not going to hold my breath since the wheels of justice turn slowly, but it's a start.