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Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Douglas A. Hass
Crafting Military Commissions Post-Hamdan: The Military Commissions Act Of 2006, Douglas A. Hass
Indiana Law Journal
In June 2006, the Supreme Court invalidated President Bush's military commission rules in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. The Court held that the military commissions fell outside of the military court system established by Congress, and ruled the commissions unconstitutional as applied to both citizens and non-citizens. Congress responded with the Military Commissions Act of 2006 ("the Act"), new legislation to establish military commissions. The Act fails to balance properly the Court's fairness requirements with the extraordinary demands placed on the laws of war by terrorism.
This Note summarizes whether terrorist attacks implicate the laws of war, what protections are due parties …
The Hamdan V. Rumsfeld Decision, Thomas F. Berndt, Josiah Ramsey Fricton, Alethea M. Huyser
The Hamdan V. Rumsfeld Decision, Thomas F. Berndt, Josiah Ramsey Fricton, Alethea M. Huyser
William Mitchell Law Review
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The Balance Of Power: The Supreme Court's Decision On Military Commissions And The Competing Interests In The War On Terror, Josiah Ramsey Fricton
The Balance Of Power: The Supreme Court's Decision On Military Commissions And The Competing Interests In The War On Terror, Josiah Ramsey Fricton
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.
Ghost Detainees: Does The Isolation And Interrogation Of Detainees Violate Common Article 3 Of The Geneva Conventions?, Thomas F. Berndt, Alethea M. Huyser
Ghost Detainees: Does The Isolation And Interrogation Of Detainees Violate Common Article 3 Of The Geneva Conventions?, Thomas F. Berndt, Alethea M. Huyser
William Mitchell Law Review
No abstract provided.