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Court Cases : Al Odah v United States
Rejecting the All-or-Nothing Approach in the Guantanamo Detainee Cases Added: 27-Apr-2005 | Hits: 750 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 4
The basic problem with the detainees' argument in the Rasul and Al Odah cases is that they leads to perverse consequences. To see why, suppose the Court rules that Guantanamo is U.S. territory, so that the writ of habeas corpus is available there. Even given such a ruling, government could still easily hold enemy combatants in custody without access to judicial review. Rate It!

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