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Supreme Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The court declared unconstitutional a provision of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 that, at the administration's behest, stripped the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions from the detainees seeking to challenge their designation as enemy combatants. (article 7)
The court's ruling immediately gives the detainees access to a federal court in Washington, where lawyers will seek to have judges order the men released from indefinite detention. (article 18)
Government officials said military commission cases against 20 detainees who have already been charged with specific crimes could go forward, but defense lawyers said the ruling could open the door to court challenges of that process as well. (article 10)
Thursday's 5-4 Guantanamo ruling on the rights of terrorism suspects to challenge their detention in federal court prompted the liberal People for the American Way to say that "the Supreme Court is on the ballot" this November. (article 17)
In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the rights of prisoners being held indefinitely and without charges at the U.S. naval base in Cuba. (article 2)
In a major legal setback for the Bush administration, the court overturned by five to four a ruling upholding a 2006 law which removed such rights. (article 1)
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Detainees, Guantanamo, COURT, habeas, military |
Source articles
- Major Guantanamo setback for Bush (BBC News, 06/12/2008, 730 words)
- Supreme Court sides with Guantanamo detainees again (dallasnews.com, 06/12/2008, 929 words)
- Court says detainees have rights, bucking Bush - (baltimoresun.com, 06/13/2008, 1314 words)
- Supreme Court again rejects Bush's policy on military detentions (dallasnews.com, 06/12/2008, 842 words)
- High court vs. kangaroo justice (boston.com, 06/13/2008, 383 words)
- The Education of George W. Bush (Washington Post, 06/12/2008, 459 words)
- Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts (nytimes.com, 06/13/2008, 1526 words)
- Justices Say Detainees Can Seek Release (Washington Post, 06/12/2008, 624 words)
- Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts (nytimes.com, 06/13/2008, 720 words)
- Justices Say Detainees Can Seek Release (Washington Post, 06/12/2008, 492 words)
- High Court: Gitmo Inmates Get Court Rights (ABCNews, 06/12/2008, 1462 words)
- Guantánamo’s Detention Camp Remains, but Not Its Legal Rationale (nytimes.com, 06/13/2008, 985 words)
- Administration Strategy for Detention Now in Disarray (Washington Post, 06/10/2008, 873 words)
- Guantanamo ruling (BBC News, 06/12/2008, 773 words)
- Timeline on Supreme Court rulings on Guantanamo (boston.com, 06/12/2008, 443 words)
- McCain and Obama Split on Supreme Court’s GuantĂ¡namo Ruling (nytimes.com, 06/13/2008, 389 words)
- ABC News: 'The Supreme Court Is On the Ballot' (ABCNews, 06/12/2008, 383 words)
- Detainees Now Have Access to Federal Court (Washington Post, 06/12/2008, 499 words)
- Detainee ruling triggers scramble among DC judges (boston.com, 06/12/2008, 201 words)
- Q&A: Guantanamo detentions (BBC News, 06/12/2008, 1759 words)
- ABC News: Gitmo Inmates in 'Supermax'-Type Prison (ABCNews, 06/10/2008, 335 words)
- Justices: Gitmo detainees can challenge detention in U.S. courts (CNN, 06/12/2008, 32 words)
- Current National News (NY Post, 06/12/2008, 88 words)
- Excerpts from Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo (boston.com, 06/12/2008, 346 words)
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