The Supremes Go to Guantanamo (again)

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Tue, 12/04/2007 - 4:00pm

Featuring Emi Maclean, Staff Attorney with the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights.  Today, they went before the U.S. Supreme Court to argue two cases (docket 1, 2) regarding Guantanamo detainees and habeas corpus.  Described as "the showdown of the year" for the Court, the cases (Al Odah v. U.S. & Boumediene v. Bush) squarely challenge The Military Commissions Act of 2006.
 
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AP (breaking)
Changes in Guantanamo Bay Standard Operating Procedure Manuals

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