• carpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.net
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      1 day ago

      it wasn’t exactly the parliamentarian but functionally it was a ‘respect the process’ type self-imposed roadblock by ocrumbo. the bush years had seen a bunch of people captured and held prisoner with no due process and letting them out would have meant having a process to deal with the fact that there was no due process, and presumably some level of accountability. imposing accountability gives libs a tummyache and so instead they just punted the issue

      • SevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        21 hours ago

        Yup. I think it was that none of the states wanted them in their backyard, but you think he would’ve been able to figure something out if they weren’t so obsessed with process. Everyone was worried terrorists would be released on their street corner, so there was no real path through Congress or the governors. They should’ve just released them if they were being held with no charge, but oh well.