archenemy blog

Our legislators are idiots who couldn’t lawyer their way out of a paper bag*:

Omar Ahmed Khadr, a Canadian national, faced murder charges for killing an American soldier in Afghanistan with a hand grenade when he was 15-years-old. In a surprise ruling, the presiding judge at the war crimes tribunal Monday, said he does not have jurisdiction to try Khadr under a new 2006 law.

The judge said according to the new law, each detainee must have been officially designated as an “unlawful enemy combatant.” He said Khadr had only been designated an “enemy combatant.” The judge did say, however, Khadr could be recharged if he undergoes a new hearing to determine his status.

Ridiculous.

* unless it was full of cash and stored in a freezer, of course.