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Still no accountability
You're mistaken about this. The Supreme Court's ruling did have an effect on the Bush administration. They went to Congress and had their detention and interrogation scheme legalized in the form of the Military Commissions Act.
GG
Right, in other words, the Administration got its behavior validated and legalized. So there was an "effect". Was that progress or further erosion/abuse of the judicial/legistlative system? Did the Administration get away with its practices, regardless? Is the sky blue?