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Rasul vs. Bush 542 U.S. 466

RASUL V. BUSH

US Supreme Court Case Nos. 03-334 and 03-343 | 2004-06-28

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

    Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

    These two cases present the narrow but important question whether United States courts lack jurisdiction to consider challenges to the legality of the detention of foreign nationals captured abroad in connection with hostilities and incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba.

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    On September 11, 2001, agents of the al Qaeda terrorist network hijacked four commercial airliners and used them as missiles to...