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The Legal Dilemma Of Guantánamo Detainees From Bush To Obama, Linda A. Malone
The Legal Dilemma Of Guantánamo Detainees From Bush To Obama, Linda A. Malone
Linda A. Malone
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The Legal Dilemma Of Guantanamo Detainees From Bush To Obama, Linda A. Malone
The Legal Dilemma Of Guantanamo Detainees From Bush To Obama, Linda A. Malone
Linda A. Malone
The stage for the Guantanamo detainees’ commission proceedings was set by the interplay between the Executive’s detention powers and the Judiciary’s habeas powers. The Bush administration turned to Congress to provide less than what was required by the court, instead of the minimum deemed necessary to comply with each decision, or to explore another legal argument for not complying. This article examines how the law for the Guantanamo detainees has been shaped by the US courts and by Congress. The article begins by observing the guidelines issued by the Supreme Court for compliance with the constitutional and humanitarian law requirements, …