Detainees' Rights

Apparently, Justice Scalia has stated that he doesn't believe that detainees have the right to a civil jury trial:

During an unpublicized March 8 talk at the University of Freiburg in Switzerland, Scalia dismissed the idea that the detainees have rights under the U.S. Constitution or international conventions, adding he was "astounded" at the "hypocritical" reaction in Europe to Gitmo. "War is war, and it has never been the case that when you captured a combatant you have to give them a jury trial in your civil courts," he says on a tape of the talk reviewed by NEWSWEEK. "Give me a break."

Naturally, people are calling for him to recuse himself in the upcoming hearing on whether the Gitmo detainees have to be given full due process rights.

Then, there are the knuckleheads. Headline: Scalia Claims Guantanamo Detainees Have No Right to Fair Trial. That's not exactly what he said, but then I didn't expect the "progressives" to report it fairly.