Military Law
Nov. 28, 2001
Military Comissions
There has been a great uproar ever since President Bush issued his executive order providing that suspected terrorists be tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court. Commentators have accused the president of ignoring, even shredding, the Constitution. But judicial precedent on the subject and the actual text of the Constitution support the president's use of military tribunals in the current circumstances.
There has been a great uproar ever since President Bush issued his executive order providing that suspected terrorists be tried before a military tribunal rather than a civilian court. Commentators have accused the president of ignoring, even shredding, the Constitution. But judicial precedent...
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