Supreme Court Comes Through On Due Process For “Enemy Combatants”

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And off in the distance, we see a tiny glimmer of hope, and my faith in the system is temporarily renewed. (For an instant…)

Supreme Court Affirms Detainees’ Right to Use Courts
By David Stout for the NY Times.

The Supreme Court ruled today that people being held by the United States as enemy combatants can challenge their detention in American courts

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Josh June 30, 2004 at 10:01 pm

Off topic: Did you capture Jon’s bagging on Michael Moore the other day? It was on the episode with Terry McAuliffe. I’d love to see it, and its not on their site.
Thanks.
John Hickman July 4, 2004 at 3:56 pm

Hi,
Is it my imagination or is there a really really awful legal joke on page 20 (or part III sect C) of the O’Connor’s _Hamdi v. Rumsfeld_ decision where she refers to the “most extreme renditon?”
Isn’t this O’Connor drawing a parallel between turning over detainees entirely to the executive and the practice of “extraordinary renditions,” turning over detainees to third coutnries where they can be tortured?
John