The new law signed last weekend by President Bush denying prisoners of the War on Terror rights to Habeus Corpus has already been implemented. According to the New York Times, federal officials have served notice to the courts with pending lawsuits on behalf of terror suspects to dismiss the cases for lack of jurisdiction.
According to the Times editorial, the new law "raises insurmountable obstacles for prisoners to challenge their detentions. It does not require the government to release prisoners who are not being charged, or a prisoner who is exonerated by the tribunals.
The law does not apply to American citizens, but it does apply to other legal United States residents. And it chips away at the foundations of the judicial system in ways that all Americans should find threatening. It further damages the nation’s reputation and, by repudiating key protections of the Geneva Conventions, it needlessly increases the danger to any American soldier captured in battle."
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