H.R. 6615: To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, D.C.
United States House of Representatives
H.R. 6615: To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to…
Bill Status Introduced: Jul 24, 2008
Sponsor: Rep. Louis Gohmert [R-TX]
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Text of Legislation HR 6615 IH
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6615
To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court will be able to more effectively micromanage the detainees by holding them on the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 24, 2008
Mr. GOHMERT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To provide for the transport of the enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court will be able to more effectively micromanage the detainees by holding them on the Supreme Court grounds, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO) Act of 2008’.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) The United States Supreme Court issued an opinion styled Boumediene v. Bush on June 12, 2008.
(2) Justice Anthony Kennedy, in the court’s majority opinion, held that foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in United States courts.
(3) This is an obvious effort on the part of the Supreme Court to micromanage the detainment and disposition of detainees in the War on Terror who are dedicated to destroying innocent people and the American way of life.
(4) The United States Supreme Court clearly needs increased opportunity to oversee the handling of the enemy combatants, as it has seen fit to take a greater role in managing the Global War on Terror, which is a duty previously exercised by the Executive Branch.
(5) There can be no better way for the United States Supreme Court to exercise its new self-appointed war powers than to house the prisoners whom it has taken a greater role in overseeing.
SEC. 3. TRANSPORTATION AND DETAINMENT OF ENEMY COMBATANTS.
(a) Transportation- The Secretary of Defense shall immediately transport all enemy combatants detained in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Washington, DC, where the United States Supreme Court shall hold the prisoners on the Court grounds, confined by adequate fencing.
(b) Shelter on Supreme Court Building Grounds- The Secretary of Defense, in conjunction with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the author of the majority opinion in Boumediene v. Bush, is directed to provide shelter for the detainees outside the United States Supreme Court building, but on the building grounds. The Secretary of Defense shall provide guards to watch over the prisoners and shall implement a system to ensure that the prisoners receive the appropriate amount of food and water. Should the detainees need the use of restroom facilities, they shall use the facilities inside the United States Supreme Court building. The Chief Justice, if the Chief Justice so chooses, may perform the duties of Justice Anthony Kennedy under this subsection.
(c) Guard Duty- If any of the nine Supreme Court justices desire at any time to stand guard over the prisoners, or to provide the prisoners with their meals or water, or both, then the justices shall be permitted to perform these functions whenever they want.
SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT.
If either the Secretary of Defense or any justice of the Supreme Court refuses to carry out their duties under this Act, then their respective department or court shall receive funding for the next fiscal year at half the level of funding appropriated for the current fiscal year, or until such time as the Supreme Court no longer desires to micromanage the prisoners who have sworn to destroy our way of life.
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Wild Thing’s comment……..
This is a legitimate Bill submitted in the House – and it is deadly serious.
Come get your prisoners, Justice Kennedy and the rest that voted on the last bill about GITMO.
Also Proposed is another bill to pay reparations to these “prisoners” for their unfair captivity.
Giving Inmate Terrorists More Opportunities (GITMO…
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Looks like Justice Kennedy has some baby-sitting duties ahead of him. I hope he understands their preference for halal food and can tell them which direction is east.
What’s that? Be careful of what you wish for.
I support and approve of this Bill.
Make that new muzzie address One First St., N.E. | Washington, D.C. 20543, but don’t let them have all the glory of their esteemed and distinguished guests, share the bounty, send some to the Rayburn House, the Cannon House Office Building, the Longworth House Office Building, the Russell Senate Building and of course the Lincoln Bedroom of the Whitehouse. The residents of all those structures fought long and hard for their release. Birds of a feather flock together this is what they wanted.
I think Pelosi,Reed and Durbin ought to put up, in their personal apartments, a couple each when these poor combatants arrive in D.C..
There is no way the muzzies can win this thing yet they can sense a weakness in this country and that is all they need to keep on fighting. And it comes from the left side of the democrat party who is bound and determined to destroy this country.
Tom, LMAO yes good one. He deserve this whole thing to land on his lap or yard or front door of his home.
Jack, yes this is what they should get. They want them, they can care for them, they can be the ones to live in danger. I sure don’t want to.
Mark, yes, it would be just fine and dandy with me if they went to the three you mentioned. oh yesss Let them have these terrorists.
I agree ….”they can sense a weakness in this country and that is all they need to keep on fighting.”
This is no help to our troops when we as a country come off weak like this.
They have our six and we don’t have theirs our troops.