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Supreme Court decides Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld the Supreme Court held that a U.S. citizen detained as an 'enemy combatant' must be afforded due process to challenge his detention before a neutral decisionmaker.

Supreme Court decides Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

The ruling affirmed constitutional protections for citizens detained in the war on terror and constrained executive detention authority while allowing limited wartime detention powers.

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