What the Supreme Court Really Said about Jose Padilla
Jose Padilla will have to be released -- unless the government somehow conjures up charges of treason or criminal acts. To be sure, the Supreme Court's June 28 opinion in Rumsfeld v. Padilla literally said nothing of the sort. In fact, it didn't reach the merits of the case at all. Still, the inescapable conclusion, based on the Court's same-day opinion in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, is that Padilla will soon be charged or freed.