Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts - NYTimes.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 12 Jun 08
  

  liveinfreedom .

  Well it took time too iron out the American laws and now a court precedence has been set into place. Rember too, that the Supreme court hardly evere overturns a decision made by the Supreme Court of America.

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  • Justices Rule Terror Suspects Can Appeal in Civilian Courts
  • he Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts.
  • The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times."
  • The court said not only that the detainees have rights under the Constitution, but that the system the administration has put in place to classify them as enemy combatants and review those decisions is inadequate.
  • The administration had argued first that the detainees have no rights.

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