Supreme Court Dumps Jose Padilla Case

Now, this is interesting. According to Mike Whitney, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case of Jose Padilla. The fact that this man has been incarcerated for two and half years without due process apparently is not that big a deal.

As Whitney observes,- quite correctly, in my opinion,

The case of Jose Padilla appeared in the media again this week, when a lower court ruled (as it has twice before) that the administration must either charge Padilla or release him from prison. The Bush team has no intention of doing either. Padilla is the “test case” to establish that the President can jail a US citizen indefinitely without charging him with a crime. This “precedent” is central to the administration’s plans for unlimited power.

Now think of this: if they can do it to him, you might be next. It is as simple as that.