Supremes may reject Bush Guantanamo trials

It's beginning to look as though the Supreme Court is going to reject Bush's arguments about trying the Guantanamo detainees. Nevertheless, Scalia has refused to recuse himself even though he has alread commented about his opinions (no one arrested on the battlefield has a right to any kind of trial) regarding the case.

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court sharply questioned plans for military trials for foreigners held at Guantanamo Bay, in a historic argument Tuesday over President Bush’s wartime powers.

Several justices seemed deeply concerned that the government had gone too far in its plans to hold a special trial for Osama bin Laden’s former driver on a conspiracy charge.

Some were downright indignant over the Bush administration’s claim that a new federal law bars the high court from ruling in the case of Salim Ahmed Hamdan…

Without Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative Bush nominated last year, the argument seemed lopsided against the government. Roberts voted in the case on a lower court and had to recuse himself. Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito hinted their support for the administration.