The executive branch can only suggest legislation, it can neither make or rule on law. So for the administration to "decide" the GC doesn't apply is meaningless.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Robert Munn <[email protected]> wrote: > There you have the crux of the issue, whether the Geneva Convention applies > to non-state actors. The Supreme Court ruled on it in 2005 in Hamdan v > Rumsfeld and said it did, but the opinion also left room for Congress to > pass legislation to say that it doesn't. Prior to the 2005 ruling, the Bush > Administration had to make some judgment as to whether the GC applied. They > decided it didn't. End of story. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:285730 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
