Sean has obviously actually read the decision, which is apparently unusual. More people should read it, although you could be forgiven for skimming through the long and meandering majority opinion. I don’t think I could improve on Sean’s summary above at 8:32 am.
The most disturbing thing about the opinion is that the Court made it very clear that any law passed by Congress can be rejected by the Supreme Court, and any action taken by the President can be overruled by the Supreme Court. Even though the Constitution very clearly gives Congress the right to limit the jurisdiction of the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court ignored that they had no authority to decide the issue and threw out the law restricting their jurisdiction. They also threw out in a single step the system of tribunals and appeals set up by Congress, and said that any detainee could file a habeas corpus lawsuit at any time without having to go through the military tribunals and appeals process.
In short, the Supreme Court is truly Supreme above both Congress and the President.
As has been said before, a true power grab.
The other thing that sticks with me is the hypocrisy of the Court piously declaring how vital it was to limit the power of the President and Congress, but refusing to accept any limitation of their own power.
