AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Supreme Court decision on Guantanamo detainees.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court, on June 12, struck down major portions of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), which created military tribunals to hear the cases of suspected terrorists detained by the U.S. government at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. President Bush and his supporters vigorously disagree with the decision, which they have characterized as usurpation of the constitutional powers of the executive and legislative branches by the judicial branch. Although the federal courts are guilty of much unconstitutional meddling, this decision is an important exception, in which the Supreme Court upheld one of the most vital checks against tyranny: the writ of habeas corpus.
The Fifth Amendment explicitly prohibits detaining any person outside of the criminal or military justice systems: "No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other ...
- Questions unanswered: the Fifth Amendment and innocent witnesses.(Supreme Court...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Roxas, Angela September 22, 2002 700+ words
...exercise a valid Fifth Amendment privilege against...2) The Supreme Court previously held that the Fifth Amendment privilege protects...6) The Supreme Court based its holding...one of the Fifth Amendment's 'basic...
- NAHB: Palazzolo Supreme Court Decision Ensures Fifth Amendment Private Property...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 29, 2001 700+ words
...June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Supreme Court's ruling that Rhode Island land...private property rights under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution...investment. Among other things, the Supreme Court ruled that: * Palazzolo was not...
- Pacific Legal Foundation Argues Key Fifth Amendment Takings Case in the U.S....
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 26, 2001 700+ words
...before the U.S. Supreme Court in Palazzolo v. Rhode...payment under the Fifth Amendment's guarantee of...club on it. If the Supreme Court rules for Mr. Palazzolo...York Times. "If the Fifth Amendment means anything, it...
- Fifth Amendment - responding to ambiguous requests for counsel during custodial...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Levenberg, Thomas O. March 22, 1995 700+ words
...1) the United States Supreme Court resolved how law enforcement...violate the suspect's Fifth Amendment privilege against compulsory...This Note first addresses Supreme Court precedent safeguarding the Fifth Amendment and then explores the...
- Fifth Amendment - double jeopardy and the dangerous drug tax.(Supreme Court...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Hildy, John March 22, 1995 700+ words
...concludes that the Supreme Court did not need to expand...9) however, the Supreme Court declared certain provisions...Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States...The United States Supreme Court has interpreted this...
- Texas rules on what constitutes a regulatory taking are considerably harder on...
- Newspaper article from: Land Use Law Report March 8, 2006 700+ words
...what constitutes a regulatory taking are considerably harder on the government than the Fifth Amendment standard, as articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court. Thus, a regulation that does not deprive an owner of all economically beneficial use...
- Fifth Amendment - the covert narrowing of double jeopardy precedent: the...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Lane, James R. March 22, 1995 700+ words
...Farley,(1) the Supreme Court denied Thomas Schiro...Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States...The United States Supreme Court has viewed the Clause...the United States Supreme Court, the Solicitor General...
- Fifth Amendment - upholding the constitutional merit of misleading reasonable...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Kenney, Shelagh March 22, 1995 700+ words
I. INTRODUCTION The United States Supreme Court denied the defendants' appeals in the consolidated cases of Victor v. Nebraska and Sandoval v. California.(1) In each case...
Source: HighBeam Research, Supreme Court decision on Guantanamo detainees.(Inside Track)(Brief...