Damn right

Judge Diana Gribbon Motz of the Fourth District Court of Appeals just became my favorite judge. Writing for a three-judge panel, she just handed down an opinion ordering the Pentagon to release Ali al-Marri, the only person currently held as an "enemy combatant" within the United States proper, from military custody. Or as she put it:

“To sanction such presidential authority to order the military to seize and indefinitely detain civilians, Judge Diana Gribbon Motz wrote, “even if the President calls them ‘enemy combatants,’ would have disastrous consequences for the Constitution — and the country.”

“We refuse to recognize a claim to power,” Judge Motz added, “that would so alter the constitutional foundations of our Republic.”

Amen. Here's more.

Will the Supremes overrule? Likely. But I'll enjoy it while it lasts.