Be careful what you ask for

Seems to me the law can be pretty stupid at times. A while back, the Supreme Court ruled that the Guantanamo detainees had the right to invoke the habeas corpus law in asking federal judges for relief. Now, a Federal District Court judge has ruled that the detainees could not be granted what they had asked for - writs of habeas corpus. He made a distinction between the right to FILE for a habeas corpus petition before a judge and the right to OBTAIN one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/20/politics/20detain.html?th

Remind me to never get arrested.