Links for 01/21/14 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Interesting links for, well, yesterday. There are photos for the Battle of the Bulge, where Patton had to rescue forces that had gone too far anyway. Oops. The death rate at this meat grinder shows the how gross war is, even if it is necessary.
We are reminded that the March for Life is today - with Democrats for Life providing an option for liberals on everything but abortion rights. As I have written in previous year, this event should be ended - for the movement, not the left's sake, because it keeps alive the meme that Roe can or should ever be overturned. It won't happen and that focus keeps the movement right where the GOP wants it, as a tool to raise volunteers and money while doing nothing.
Ben Wittes, writing at Lawfare, is wrong. The GITMO debate and how the prisoners are treated should center on international law. These people are prisoners of war. While it could have been argued that the war was over once the occupation began, it is certainly over now. It is not even a matter for US law. Except for those involved in September 11th, everyone should be sent home - its what you do when your forces pull out of active engagement and Congress has no authority to stop it. Indeed, Bush should probably be tried for not honoring the Geneva conventions on these "detainees" who are either POWs or kidnap victims. At least Obama is allowing the Red Cross in.
Holt v. Hobbs came off as planned. Alito's decision, while on the same vein as his writing in Hobby Lobby, shows tha the issues are different in the case but the law is the same. He may become the go to guy for religious freedom issues in the future. Interesting. Of course, there are a few lawyers I know who, had they been appointed, would have been equally great on this issue - whether they followed the same line or not - and you know who you are and are invited to comment on my page.
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