The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President Bush's system for trying terrorism detainees at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is unauthorized under federal law and international law, as defined by the Geneva Conventions.
SOURCE: World Almanac
Calendar of Upcoming National events
Monday
Los Angeles – Screen Actors Guild contract expires at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
Friday
Charlottesville, Va. – President Bush speaks at an Independence Day celebration and naturalization ceremony.
New York – Macy's Fourth of July fireworks display.
U-T QUOTE OF THE DAY
ARTS, E1: “San Diego is just a microcosm and this ebb and flow is part of the jazz dynamic. There will be some successes, but I think it will always be one step forward and two steps back.”
– CHARLES McPHERSON, internationally known saxophonist and Kensington resident, on the struggle to make jazz commercially viable
2006
