Boumediene Ruling

The Supreme Court issued a very important ruling regarding the “Great Writ” of habeas corpus today.


Lengthy ruling … which I’m still studying, but the key line thus far is this: “The test for determining the scope of this [habeas] provision must not be subject to manipulation by those whose power it is designed to restrain.” George W. Bush and his lawyers purposely kept prisoners off of U.S. soil and argued that habeas was not available to non‐​citizens beyond U.S. territory (Gitmo). Today, the Supreme Court rejected that claim.


More here and here.