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Government

Apr. 11, 2006

'Hamdan' Case Cries for a Balancing of Powers

On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most significant case to date on the limits of President Bush's authority in his "war on terror." In two similar case, the high court reined in Bush for his unprecedented asser

By Marjorie Cohn
     
      On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the most significant case to date on the limits of President Bush's authority in his "war on terror." In two similar case, the high court reined in Bush for his unprecedented assertion of executive power. It held in Rasul v. Bush that the Guantánamo prisoners could challenge their confinement in U.S. fed...

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