John Conyers: “Never before has a President of the United States had the exclusive power to interpret the Geneva Conventions and…”

“Never before has a President of the United States had the exclusive power to interpret the Geneva Conventions and publish what he has interpreted in the Record. And never before has a President had the power to eliminate judicial review of executive acts as significant as detention and domestic surveillance. And that can't be squared with the principles of transparency and the rule of law. I would refer all of my colleagues to 62 professors of law, not lawyers, professors of law, who have explained why section 83 and section 6 are very problematic and are going to lead us right back into the court, because for 5 long years after the 9/11 tragedy, not a single detainee has been brought to justice because this administration insists on unilaterally pursuing secret, unconstitutional strategies that cannot pass judicial muster.”