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The Detention And Trial Of Enemy Combatants: A Drama In Three Branches, Michael C. Dorf
The Detention And Trial Of Enemy Combatants: A Drama In Three Branches, Michael C. Dorf
Michael C. Dorf
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The Orwellian Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Michael C. Dorf
The Orwellian Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Michael C. Dorf
Michael C. Dorf
In three decisions in 2004 and 2006, the Supreme Court of the United States rejected the sweeping claims by President Bush that his role as Commander in Chief entitled him to detain persons indefinitely and, if he chose, to subject them to war crimes trials before military commissions that did not have all of the procedural protections of courts martial. The Court's rulings, however, left open the possibility that, notwithstanding the treaty obligations of the United States under the Geneva Conventions, Congress could authorize the President to take the steps that he could not take unilaterally. In the Military Commissions …