"Liberal" Judges no more: Policy trumps Constituional Rights

How 'bout them liberal judges, eh?

What does it matter if Khadr's rights were violated if we're not going to do anything about it? If we're not going to rectify the situation, if we're not going to restore his rights, if we're not going to treat him like the citizen that he is... then why acknowlege them at all? To whom does it benefit? What "victory" is this for Khadr?

[While] the Supreme court has ruled unanimously in a 9-0 decision that Khadr's rights were violated by the Canadian government...the court is saying they are not about to interfere in the Crown prerogative of the government to make decisions in foreign affairs in this case. In other words, they’re reversing a lower court order that said Canada had to ask the United States to send Omar Khadr back to Canada.

This is a frightening ruling for every Canadian citizen - be they of any political stripe. No partisan can argue that the court did it's job. The Supreme Court has let down the constitutional rights of one of our citizens because they didn't want to "interfere" with the policy of our Foreign Affairs department. Essentially, they yeilded to the perogative of the PMO -- since this is the place where the DFAIT gets their orders from.

What kind of a country is this? Where judges pass up their responsibilities and defer the rights of one of our own to the "policy" of the ruling political party? I cannot even begin to envision how damning this precident could potentially be on the liberties of all citizens in the future.

The true North strong and free, huh?

Not anymore.