If only with the United States Supreme Court could be this rational...
BBC News:
Canada's Supreme Court has struck down a controversial system that allowed the government to detain and deport foreign-born terror suspects.
The nine judges ruled that the security certificate system - in place since 1978 - violated Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The system allowed a suspect to be held indefinitely or deported on the basis of evidence presented in secret.
Though it took long enough for the courts to catch up and attack this highly questionable system. Nonetheless, the system sounds a lot like America's legal FISA courts, which award secret warrants, but are a bit more broad in regards to evidence. The Bush administration, and some administrations prior, have ignored FISA and even the courts and the US Constitution. To be honest this is the first time I have heard of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Overall: a good day for civil liberties [edit: including in Guinea]. Well, except for the whole continued repression of free speech in Egypt issue...
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