Key Guantánamo cases hit Supreme Court today

Key Guantánamo cases hit Supreme Court
The high court hears two cases Wednesday that challenge the basic US terms of detention at the prison camp.
By Warren Richey | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

from the December 5, 2007 edition

Reporter Warren Richey discusses two potential landmark cases before the US Supreme Court involving America's treatment of Guantánamo detainees.


WASHINGTON - Habeas corpus – the right to test the legality of one's detention before a neutral judge – is widely recognized as a cornerstone of government rule by law and the most basic guarantee of individual freedom. The Founding Fathers deemed it so fundamental that they wrote it into the body of the Constitution itself.

But does that core freedom extend overseas to America's enemies in the war on terror?

On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court takes up two potential landmark cases examining the legality of America's treatment of terror suspects at the Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, prison camp.

The stakes are enormously high, not just for the detainees but for the Bush administration as well. If constitutional and other legal rights extend to the 305 enemy combatants currently being detained at the naval base, administration officials, military officers, interrogators, and others could be forced by federal judges to appear in open court to reveal every detail of how detainees were captured and treated – including harsh interrogation methods and alleged torture. If the administration refuses to comply, the remedy under habeas corpus is immediate release from custody.

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/1205/p01s02-usju.html

Everyone who cares about democracy and freedom needs to keep an eye on this.

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isn't making them look good right now.

People are pissed off and they're going to be some lashing out.

There's a slim chance a ruling and guidelines to begin releasing hostages would give the maladministration an out of sorts.

Morning Babs!

Case details
http://ccrjustice.org/ourcases/current-cases/al-odah-v.-united-states

Amicus briefs
http://ccrjustice.org/amicus-briefs

Rescue the Constitution
http://ccrjustice.org/beyond-guantanamo

Oral arguments are posted on line on the same day that the Court hears the case if you wish to read them. Sometimes its interesting.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts.html

that they will be releasing audio as well. Maybe CSPAN will link to it at their site.

I'm poking around.. looking.

11:15am EST.

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/schedule.csp

Judicial Proceeding
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 202767 - 12/05/2007 - 1:00 - No Sale


Oral arguments on Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. U.S.

CPAN-3
11:15 AM EST
1:00 (est.) LIVE
Judicial Proceeding
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court

from all who aren't going to be able to follow live.

This will determine how difficult a task it will be to restore constitutional representative government.
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so far - so I am hopeful - of course, as usual, the MSM will spin it as Bush's "defeat" in the "War on Terror."