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In a bitterly divided 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled in Boumediene v. Bush that alien enemy prisoners, captured by our military in a war authorized by Congress and held abroad, have a constitutional right to petition our courts for their release. These prisoners already enjoyed generous protections never previously extended to enemy operatives in American history; the rules were enacted by Congress, after long debate, at the Supreme Court's own request. Yet for Anthony Kennedy and the Court's four other transnational progressives, this leniency is not enough. Now our imperial court dictates that Americans must treat ...