Policy Forum 

# *Boumediene v. Bush* and the Rights of Enemy Combatants in Wartime 

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Date and Time 

December 3, 2007 1 - 3 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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Featuring **Timothy Lynch**, Cato Institute; and **Jeremy Rabkin**, George Mason University Law School; moderated by **Ilya Shapiro**, Cato Institute. 

The war on terror has presented U.S. courts with many thorny legal issues relating to civil liberties and national security. On December 5 the Supreme Court takes up the case of *Boumediene v. Bush*, which centers on the right of “enemy combatants” being held in Guantanamo Bay to have their detention reviewed by American civilian courts. On one hand, what right does the president have to hold people indefinitely without recourse to judicial review? On the other, does the Constitution really require that everyone picked up by our military in wartime have access to our courts? Fundamentally, how do you balance liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn’t play by the traditional laws of war? Please join us for a spirited debate of these and related issues.

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