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|date=June 12, 2008 | |date=June 12, 2008 | ||
|holding=The '''Combatant Status Review Tribunals''' (CSRT) for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Guantanamo) are procedurally inadequate as a substitute for a ''[[habeas corpus]]'' hearing. | |holding=The '''Combatant Status Review Tribunals''' (CSRT) for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Guantanamo) are procedurally inadequate as a substitute for a ''[[habeas corpus]]'' hearing. | ||
|judgment=The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is unconstitutional. | |||
|reasons=After this ruling, Guantanamo detainees can challenge their detentions in a federal district court in Washington DC. | |reasons=After this ruling, Guantanamo detainees can challenge their detentions in a federal district court in Washington DC. | ||
|comments=*''[[Rasul v. Bush]]'' | |comments=*''[[Rasul v. Bush]]'' | ||
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| Boumediene v. Bush | |
| Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Citation | |
| Date decided | June 12, 2008 |
Holding
The Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT) for detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp (Guantanamo) are procedurally inadequate as a substitute for a habeas corpus hearing.
Judgment
The Military Commissions Act of 2006 is unconstitutional.
Reasons
After this ruling, Guantanamo detainees can challenge their detentions in a federal district court in Washington DC.
