Senate Wasting No Time...

[Hat Tip: Hot Air]

Bills are being introduced in the Senate in response to the Supreme Courts hearing on whether trials could be held against prisoners in gitmo. Though, I am still very disappointed in the Senate's "handling" of the immigration issues, this does make up for a little.

Senator Specter has already introduced a bill that would authorize military tribunals and set certain due process guidelines. Also, Senator Frist should be introducing a bill next week. Hearings for Specter's bill will start on July 11th and both John Warner and Carl Levin say the Armed Services Committee will hold hearings on procedural requirements with the intentions to pass legislation in September.

For more check out the blog post here on Hot Air

Sounds like the debate will center on whether the Gitmo gang should be entitled to full courts-martial or some lesser specie of military hearing. The difference is the extent to which the government can present classified info as evidence without letting the defendant see it. Pelosi and Feingold doubtless will demand the full court-martial enchilada, which is fine by me: if they want to argue that terrorists are entitled to the same procedural benefits as U.S. soldiers with a midterm election coming up, so much the better.

Seems like the pedal is to the metal now in the Senate. I still wonder where this vigor was when the issue of immigration came up?