One of the big cases the Supreme Court will be hearing in its upcoming term concerns the constitutionality of the Military Commissions Act. That law sought to revoke the jurisdiction of federal courts over habeas corpus lawsuits arising out of the Guantanamo Bay prison facility. The case will not be heard by the High Court until November, but the New York Times had an article about it over the weekend quoting from the Cato brief (pdf) that I prepared. I argue that Congress overstepped its authority by trying to withdraw the jurisdiction of federal courts over habeas corpus claims. 


More background about the case in this NYT article (reg r’d). For more about the constitutional record of the Bush administration, read this.