Quote Originally Posted by Psycho4Bud
POW's are held until the end of a war with NO trial as to their guilt. I don't recall hearing of 425,000 court hearings in the U.S. during WW2.

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Yes, you are right. POWs are not given trials. They have a recognized legal status as a POW, but they are not given trials. If the government had decided to treat them as POWs, we would not be in this legal mess. However, the government did not want to afford them the Geneva Convention rights of POWS, so they argued that they are NOT POWs. My interpretation is that the court is saying, if they aren't POWs, then you need to treat them as civilians and give them trials.

The whole problem is that the governemtn is trying to have it both ways. They want to say that they are not POWs so that the Geneva Convetnions do not apply. And at the same time say that they are not normal civilian criminals who have a right to due process. They need to pick one or the other OR create a third legal status that the court will recognize as legitimate. Right now, it seems the court does not think the third legal status is legitimate.