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Held: "Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in United States courts.
by matt4077 9y ago
Held: "Foreign terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba have constitutional rights to challenge their detention in United States courts. 476 F.3d 981, reversed and remanded."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boumediene_v._Bush
Note that this relates to foreign citizen. The Constitution applying to US citizen in otherwise identical circumstances is even more obvious:
"U.S. citizens designated as enemy combatants by the Executive Branch have a right to challenge their detainment under the Due Process Clause. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdi_v._Rumsfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdi_v._Rumsfeld
And US soldiers should, even if there were any ambiguity, err on the side of caution. They are, after all, constantly reminding us how they're fighting for US citizens' freedoms.
- jessaustin 9y agoThey are, after all, constantly reminding us how they're fighting for US citizens' freedoms. They say that often enough to forget, even if only momentarily, that they're really fighting for the enrichment of the military-industrial complex. Probably the kids who are just in for a few years haven't realized it, but anyone who sticks around longer has seen enough to know. The "your freedoms" people are lying to themselves more than they are to us.
- boomboomsubban 9y agoNot knowing of these cases is still not something you should be discharged for, and still isn't something you should judge their entire life on. Basically, stop being an asshole. That's a real person you just told has never done anything honorable in their life.