news.yahoo.com - 12/5/2008
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Reuters - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide whether President George W. Bush can order the indefinite imprisonment in the United States of an al Qaeda suspect without charging him.
scotusblog.com - 12/5/2008
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Taking on another historic constitutional fight over war-on-terrorism
powers, the Supreme Court agreed on Friday to rule...
on the President’s authority to order the seizure in the U.S. and long-term detention of an individual suspected of war ...
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Court to rule on domestic detention
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Supreme Court takes another detention case
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... The Supreme Court announced that they would hear an appeal from Qatari national Ali al-Marri, a case that may again change the way the nation protects itself. Marri has been held without charges for five years in a Navy brig after being arrested in the US as an al-Qaeda sleeper agent. His lawyers have attempted to force the government to try him or release him, and they have an argument: The U.S. Supreme Court said on Friday that it would decide whether President George W. Bush can order the indefinite imprisonment in the United States of an al Qaeda suspect without ...
SCOTUS Agrees To Take Al Qaeda Imprisonment Case
Stop The ACLU —
It will be very interesting to see which way the Supreme Court rules The Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide whether an al Qaeda suspect can be indefinitely imprisoned in the United States without charges, a test of President George W. Bush’s war-on-terrorism powers. The nation’s highest court said it would hear an appeal by a Qatari national, Ali al-Marri, the only person now being held in the United States as an “enemy combatant,” arguing that Bush exceeded his powers and disregarded fundamental American legal principles. While President-elect Barack Obama has strongly ...
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Bush worried about automakers —
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EU urged to seize Obama security opportunity —
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Bush urges Congress to help automakers —
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