Trial? We don't need no stinkin' trial.

Why is Jose Padilla being held without access to counsel, evidence, or even the specific charges against him? Because the Preznit sayz so.

"It is important to the attorney general and the Department of Justice that not only the Supreme Court sanction the detention of Jose Padilla as an enemy combatant, but that the public also condone it as necessary," Kmiec said. He added that continuing revelations of prison abuses in Iraq may also have played a role in the information's release.

Right, because if the Supreme Court rules against the Dept. of Justice, then the administration can ignore the ruling because the "public" will condone it. I don't recall that clause in the Constitution.

No More Mister Nice Blog questions the DoJ's familiarity with the New York City apartment market.