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Submission + - Citizen detainees still have habeas rights (yahoo.com)

rocketgoldstar1962 writes: The 4th Circuit ruled today that the Military Commissions Act cannot strip citizens classed as enemy combatants of their habeas corpus rights. Perhaps the most fundamental principle in western jurisprudence, habeas corpus allows a detained person to challenge their detention in court.

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