Monday, May 14, 2007 6:33 AM
Over the weekend, Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSBlog posted a lengthy two-part primer analyzing the current status of the detainee question as Courts in the United States continue to see the question before them:
No part of the Bush Administration's campaign against terrorism has drawn more sustained challenge -- legally, politically and diplomatically -- than its policy on handling of individuals who are captured and then held in detention for prolonged periods, usually outside the U.S. mainland. Four times, the Supreme Court has reviewed facets of this policy, leading to changes or to entirely new detainee review procedures in the military or in civilian courts. More recently, however, the Court or Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., acting alone, have refused to hear or have rejected new challenges by detainees' lawyers. As a result, the detainees' legal fate in coming months will rest largely (though not exclusively) in the hands of lower courts.
You can read the two posts in their entirety via the links below:
Primer on detainees' status now -- Part I
Primer on detainees' status now -- Part II
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