By "we," I mean all those Americans who still believe that our constitution is a source of our greatest strength.

The Hamdan decision is in. Nothing ambiguous about this ruling; here's how the Wa Po's lede describes it:

The Supreme Court today delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration over its plans to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, ruling that the commissions violate U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions governing the treatment of war prisoners."

Just a note; not a lawyer, but I think the violation of the Geneva Conventions, being an international treaty agree to by an action of congress, is also a violation of our laws.

It was a bare majority; Justice Kennedy joined the Stevens-written majority decision. Roberts recused himself, since he had ruled in the same case, as an Appellate Judge, in the government's favor. Yeah, that's our new Chief Justice.

What Americans don't believe the constitution is our greatest protection from tyranny?

The ones who think it's our greatest weakness.

Not a majority of Americans, but a significant, if small minority, that includes this Republican congress, the entire Bush administration, most of the rest of the Republican party, Joe Lieberman, and all of the right-wing blogosphere.

You think I exaggerate? Let's look at some of the reactions on the right.