Supreme Court Restores Rule Of Law To Guantánamo

June 12, 2008 12:00 am

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Decision Represents Beginning Of End Of Failed Detention Policy, Says ACLU

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NEW YORK – In a stunning blow to the Bush administration’s failed national security policies, the Supreme Court ruled today 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution applies to the government’s detention policies at Guantánamo. The Court concluded that detainees held at Guantánamo have a right to challenge their detention through habeas corpus.

The following can be attributed to Steven R. Shapiro, Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union:

“Today’s decision forcefully repudiates the essential lawlessness of the Bush administration’s failed Guantánamo policy. It should also mark the beginning of the end of the military commission process, which permits the use of coerced evidence and hearsay and thus cannot survive the constitutional scrutiny that today’s decision demands. It is time to close Guantánamo, end indefinite detention without charge and restore the rule of law.”

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