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Thursday, June 29, 2006

Not so fast Mr. President ...

Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantánamo

By
JOHN O'NEIL and SCOTT SHANE
The New York Times
June 29, 2006


The Supreme Court today delivered a sweeping rebuke to the Bush administration, ruling that the military tribunals it created to try terror suspects violate both American military law and the Geneva Convention.

In a 5-to-3 ruling, the justices also rejected an effort by Congress to strip the court of jurisdiction over habeas corpus appeals by detainees at the prison camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. (full story)

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