Warner Is Uncertain on Legislation for Military Tribunals

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A Top Senate Republican Is Uncertain on Legislation for Military Tribunals for Terror Suspects
A leading Senate Republican said Friday that he was not sure that Congress should pass legislation to create new military tribunals for terror suspects, a stance that raised doubts about prospects for a White House plan to establish an alternative to the commissions struck down this week by the Supreme Court.

The senator, John W. Warner of Virginia, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said he had not yet decided what course Congress should take. But Mr. Warner, who will preside over hearings on the issue in July, said he was concerned that new tribunals, even if authorized by Congress, might not withstand judicial scrutiny.

"We're going to do this extremely carefully and accurately, or we're going to end up with a solution that once again ends up being the subject of litigation, and possibly being overturned," Mr. Warner said in an interview in his office.

The scope of the court's decision stunned the White House and Congress, forcing the House and Senate to rearrange their limited summer legislative calendar to address the issue. Lawmakers from both parties said Friday that they hoped to reach agreement by the end of summer on a new plan to bring terror suspects to trial.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/01/us/01gitmo.html?hp&ex=1151726400&en=232389e8812c97da&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[Bucky]

1. If Congress spends time on the law, who'll save us from gay marriage?

or or or the scourge of burning flags all over the country going on right now!!!