Today, the Supreme Court decided Boumediene v. Bush, affirming that terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to file habeas petitions in federal courts. The case arose from a habeas petition made on behalf of Lakhdar Boumedine who was being held as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay.

Majority: Kennedy, Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Souter

Dissent: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito

Full-length opinion.

Sources: Reuters, SCOTUSblog

More information: Oyez, SCOTUSwiki: amicus briefs

Boumediene: a lesson in drafting dissents.

Oral Arguments


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This entry was posted on Thursday, June 12th, 2008 at 10:15 am.
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