SCOTUS ruling a defeat for Dems - not Bush

The Dems and the media are giving high fives to each other over the recent ruling by the Supreme Court. The name of the court case is "Hamdan vs. Rumsefeld". So the Dems and the media see an Al Quaeda terrorist against Don Rumsfeld and celebrate when the terrorist wins. The focus seems to be on the Bush Administration suffering a defeat; rather than what is good for the country. Here are a few quotes assembled from the media (Hat Tip:Rush Limbaugh):

JEFFREY TOOBIN: This is a major defeat for the Bush administration.

JULIET KAYEM: This is another defeat for the Bush administration before the Supreme Court.

JONATHAN TURLEY: The court has delivered another defeat to the president. It's a very, very big defeat for the Bush administration.

The Dems are spinning a loss for the American people as a win. Here is the reaction from Nancy Pelosi:

“Today’s Supreme Court decision reaffirms the American ideal that all are entitled to the basic guarantees of our justice system. This is a triumph for the rule of law.

“The rights of due process are among our most cherished liberties, and today’s decision is a rebuke of the Bush Administration’s detainee policies and a reminder of our responsibility to protect both the American people and our Constitutional rights. We cannot allow the values on which our country was founded to become a casualty in the war on terrorism."

So basically Pelosi in her statement makes these terrorists and American citizens equals. She also lumps in the "detainee policies" of the administration. This case had nothing to do with the detainee policies. It had to do with tribunals vs. US courts. Yet Pelosi as all liberals do, must blow smoke to cloud the issues. The libs completely overlook that in any other war when prisoners are captured they are detained until cessation of hostilities. Somehow these are to be treated differently and released?

In spite of the celebration, I think the Dems are going to take a political hit on this one. This will be especially true if Congress intervenes to authorize this. That is after all what Justice Stevens wrote in the majority opinion: that Bush had set these up without Congressional approval. A debate of the this issue will clearly show the Dems on the side of the terrorists and the GOP on the side of the American people. The notion of Bush overstepping his bounds to set up these military tribunals is quite a stretch. Bush has strong historical company as George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and FDR used military tribunals. There was even an international military tribunal following WWII. Are Kennedy, Pelosi and others really willing to drag these names through the mud simply to stick it to Bush and celebrate enemy combatants having access to the ACLU in their trials? After all, that is what we will see. Once these creeps get access to the US courts, the ACLU will be all over it to help them any way they can.

So we can see right away the need for more originalists on the Supreme Court, and the Dems siding with the terrorists against the American people simply to stick it to Bush. We see future fruit to be reaped if the GOP in congress moves to debate and pass authorization to move ahead with the military tribunals. This will satisfy the Supreme Court (even though they were wrong). What will be especially delicious is if a bunch of Dems see which side they will be seen on if they vote against it and get onboard. That will make all of the blowhard statements today look quite silly. So whether they vote for or against, they will come off looking bad.

The SCOTUS ruling may have been a delay or setback, but it was certainly no defeat for the Bush Administration. It was a setup for defeat for the Dems...again.