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Posted by Kaizar Campwala
I usually don't agree with Will, but he is a principled writer. He generally stands for original constitutional principles, particularly The Bill of Rights, so it's no surprise he is critical of McCain's condemnation of the Court's affirmation of habeas corpus rights for the Guantanamo prisoners. He seems fair in criticizing McCain's statement of Boumedienne as "one of the worst decisions in the history of this country" as political hyperbole when compared to Dred Scott, Plessy and Korematsu. He also harks back to Marbury in stressing the Court's historical role in limiting overreaching power grabs by the other federal branches, and illuminates for me the reasonableness of Chief Roberts' questioning of where the process goes from here. Well written and argued.
