And then again

on the heels of the good news previously reported, the Senate today, in a close vote, withdrew the rights of detainees to challenge their detentions in US courts, overturning the SCOTUS ruling of June 2004.

Nearly 200 of roughly 500 detainees there have already filed habeas corpus motions, which are making their way up through the federal court system. As written, the amendment would void any suits pending at the time the law was passed.

Five Democrats joined 44 Republicans in the vote - Lieberman (CT), Landrieu (LA), Nelson (NB), Conrad (ND), & Wyden (OR). It just reminds me, again, of how different things would be if there were 500 Americans being held in a camp off the coast of any other country in the world.