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SCOTUS takes up combatant case
From NBC's Pete WilliamsThe US Supreme Court agreed today to take up one of the biggest unanswered questions in the war on terror: Can the government pick up people in the United States and declare them enemy combatants? This sets up an early and high-stakes test for the Obama Administration. This will become Obama's problem, forcing him to decide whether to follow the Bush Administration course or set a new direction. The case involves a man from Qatar who came to study in the US, but civil ...
Obama citizenship issue at SCOTUS
swamppolitics.com — by Frank James The U.S. Supreme Court's justices will discuss at their Friday conference tomorrow the Obama's-not-a-natural-born-citizen... lawsuit known as Donofrio v. Wells. As Chicago Tribune reporter James Janega writes : The suit ... (more) Obama citizenship issue at SCOTUS
SCOTUS considers Obama citizenship
politico.com — It will decide whether to take up a case over the president-elect's citizenship.... (more) SCOTUS considers Obama citizenship
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Supreme Court agrees to hear case of only ‘enemy combatant’ held in America.
Think Progress — ... and without criminal charges.” The case will be “an early and high-stakes test for the Obama Administration” as “the case will not be argued before March, meaning that President-elect Barack Obama will be in the White House and ...

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