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High Court May Consider Legality of Detention
The Hollywood Liberal —
High Court May Consider Legality of Detention Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was close to going on trial for fraud when prosecutors marched into an Illinois courtroom with a demand. Dismiss the charges, they said, because President Bush had just designated the defendant an enemy combatant. [image] [image] [image] This entry was posted on Sunday, November 9th, 2008 at 5:31 am and is filed under Main Blog (All Posts) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.
The Daily Muck
TPMMuckraker —
... The final briefing in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, a legal U.S. resident being detained as an enemy combatant, is due today. The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear the case soon. The case, says the Washington Post, raises a crucial question for the war on terror: "Can the military indefinitely detain, without charge, a U.S. citizen or legal resident seized on U.S. soil?" (Washington Post) ...
