Trump Shreds Norms in Response to New York Attack

Joshua Geltzer was quoted in Canada's The Globe and Mail on President Trump's reaction to the terrorist attack in New York City on October 31, and his suggestion that the suspect should be sent to GTMO:

Mr. Trump raised more hackles in the law-enforcement community with his suggestion that the suspect in the attack, Sayfulla Saipov, be transferred to the prison in Guantanamo Bay. Such a transfer would be unprecedented and raise a host of thorny legal questions: no permanent resident of the U.S. has ever been taken from the country to the Cuban prison, noted Joshua Geltzer, a law professor at Georgetown University.

U.S. federal courts, meanwhile, have conducted a string of successful terrorism prosecutions in recent years. Mr. Saipov's case is one that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department are "well-placed to handle effectively," Prof. Geltzer said. He added that it was encouraging that Mr. Trump dropped the idea of sending Mr. Saipov to Guantanamo Bay a day after floating it.