REPORTER: But the Supreme Court have just said that -- you know, ruled against what you've been doing down there.
GEORGE W. BUSH: But the district court didn't. And the appellate court didn't.
REPORTER: The Supreme Court is supreme, isn't it?
GEORGE W. BUSH: It is, and I accept their verdict. I don't agree with their verdict. And it's not what I was doing down there. This was a law passed by our United States Congress that I worked with the Congress to get passed and sign into law.
REPORTER: But it looked like an attempt to bypass the Constitution, to a certain extent.
GEORGE W. BUSH: This was a law passed, Adam. We passed a law. Bypassing the Constitution means that we did something outside the bounds of the Constitution. We went to the Congress and got a piece of legislation passed.
REPORTER: Which is now being struck down, I think.
GEORGE W. BUSH: It is, and I accept what the Supreme Court did, and I necessarily don't have to agree with it.
My only point to you is, is that yes, I mean, we certainly wish Abu Ghraib hadn't happened, but that should not reflect America. This was the actions of some soldiers.
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kulpimsa sign language trained monkey would make more sense
jwrayWhich supreme court case are they referring to? There have been several such cases.
jwrayBush's attempted justification for unconstitutional actions done at Guantanamo was that it was based on a law passed by congress. Does he even realize that congress does not have the authority to make certain kinds of laws?
Fedquip>> ^kulpims:
a sign language trained monkey would make more sense
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush
RedSkyHe should go watch Taxi to the Dark Side. Maybe he'd learn a thing or two.
honkeytonk73Bush is a 100% genuine unadulterated idiot.
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