Policy Forum 

# Terrorism, Military Tribunals, and the Constitution 

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Date and Time 

March 27, 2006 1 - 3 PM EST 

Location 

Auditorium/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring **Charles Swift,** Lieutenant Commander, USN Military Counsel for Salim Ahmed Hamdan; and **Richard Samp,** Chief Counsel Washington Legal Foundation. 

On Tuesday, March 28, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of *Hamdan v. Rumsfeld*, which concerns a legal challenge to the military tribunals that are seeking to try certain prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay for war crimes. The Bush administration maintains that the president can convene military tribunals to try and punish enemy combatants for offenses against the law of war. Others dispute the idea that the president can presume to decide what rights a prisoner will have and to adjudicate the prisoner’s guilt or innocence. Join us for a debate on these matters one day before the Supreme Court hears the controversy.

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