After the past few decisions by the Supreme Court, I am not exactly teeming with confidence about what they will rule with regards to prisoners being detained at Guantanamo Bay. Consider the following rulings by the Court, and consider the request for privileges that were either restricted or denied.
- Abortion Rights – restricted
- Student Speech – restricted
- Corporate Speech – expanded
- School Integration – restricted
I notice a distinctly majoritarian pattern in the rulings. Without getting into the wisdom of the decisions referenced above, which is not the point of my post, I just want to point out that the Guantanamo Detainees do not gather a lot of majoritarian sympathy either. Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t think it looks good.
As an aside, Cass Sunstein has a great WaPo editorial on the direction that the Court seems to be going.
Posted by stevenmaloney 
