The Gitmo Court

by digby

We are fortunate to have a president who is not going to continue the torture and indefinite imprisonment of detainees in the GWOT. But Bush's cruel legacy will live on in hundreds of decisions coming down from the Roberts court. Jeralyn at Talk Left reports on today's sad rulings:

The Supreme Court issued opinions and orders today. Among them:

Ruled that a man wrongly convicted and sent to prison for 24 years cannot sue the former Los Angeles district attorney and his chief deputy for violating his civil rights. The court said unanimously that decisions of supervising prosecutors, like the actions of prosecutors at trial, are shielded from civil lawsuits.

Ruled that police officers have leeway to frisk a passenger in a car stopped for a traffic violation even if nothing indicates the passenger has committed a crime or is about to do so.

Read on...

Yes the U.S. supreme court with a bunch of wingnuts on it, all approved by the democrats by the way, will be making law for a long time. Apparently Roberts isn't happy with the rate of pay. Maybe Obama can starve the beast and get him to resign. Tom

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