A New Declaration of Independence

By Andy McCarthy= "A federal appeals court is about to hear the government’s challenge to an astounding ruling in Washington last spring. Federal judge John Bates held that prisoners of war detained in Afghanistan have an American constitutional right to file a lawsuit in the American people’s courts to challenge their detention by the American people’s military during a war authorized by the American people’s representatives. The administration’s maneuver is designed to improve its litigation position by pandering to the appellate court: See, we can give the enemy more rights without a judge ordering us to do so!"