House and Senate Pass Military Commissions Act of 2006

The House of Representatives passed a bill on September 27^th that would set up special military tribunals to try enemy combatants. The bill was enacted after the Supreme Court decision in June of this year that stated that the President could set up military commissions to try terror suspects, but only if Congress authorized tribunals. The tribunals make sense because terrorists are basically prisoners of war, but prisoners of not a combat unit under the flag of any specific nation and are not uniformed. Therefore, under the Geneva Conventions article under spies, saboteurs and persons who have committed or plan to commit crimes against humanity, required to have special trail called a tribunal.

The Left has been whining about rights of the prisoners of the War against Terrorism in the form of ACLU and international human rights organizations and the American Left has moaned about Constitutional law. But in the case of the U.S. Constitution, the only laws and rights of liberty there that apply are those terrorists or members of terrorist organizations who are U.S. citizens. And, because of these circumstances, they should not be tried in a civil court, but a military tribunal under the UCMJ and international treaty agreements, the United Nations and Geneva Conventions accords.

Correction – Myth Blaster “Koran 9-11″

A clerical/information mistake has been pointed out and has been corrected concerning a myth blasted e-mail. The error was pointed out by a reader, James (from?) in a comment.

I apologize for the error.

Alert – Amnesty and Election Day

As elections approach on November 7^th, Congress will be adjourned. CFIF estimates that more than 100,000 illegal immigrants will attempt to cross our southern border by Election Day. This, of course, is estimated from figures of past occurrences. And, as in the past, some of those illegal immigrants will get through. Once here, they will melt into the American population confident that there are no longer searches within business organizations for illegal immigrants living and working here – because the American government doesn’t enforce its own laws. Some states have taken action on their own and have performed raids and created laws that will fine anyone employing or renting to illegal immigrants.