Should detainees at Guantanamo Bay have U.S. legal rights?
No Should the U.S. military open the U.S. Federal Courts to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba? I say, no. If we do, it would be a move of charity. However, I do not believe we are obligated to do so. The recent development out of Guantanamo Bay boils down to two issues: first, whether or not the executive branch of government has the right and authority to hold detainees in Cuba without the judicial branch being able to check them in the process; second, whether or not the detainees should have litigation privileges in the U.S. federal court system. We have all learned that the beauty of having three branches of government is the idea of checks and balances. If one branch gains too much power or gets out of hand, then the other two can check or challenge the branch in question. However, the detainees are being held on soil which the U.S. does not have sovereign control of. Cuba still owns the land that Gitmo is built on. The U.S. government only leases this land from them. So, beca
