The Bush administration ran into skepticism from the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard debate, in unusual 90-minute arguments, over a landmark war powers dispute testing the legal rights of enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Justices seemed especially concerned about a law passed by Congress last year that the administration argues strips the high court of jurisdiction over habeas petitions filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees.
March 29, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The Bush administration ran into skepticism from the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard debate over a landmark war powers dispute testing the legal rights of enemy combatants held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
At issue were military tribunals set up by the White House to try suspected terrorists, including Salim Hamdan, said to be the driver for Osama bin Laden, in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Opponents claim the tribunals are an unlawful exercise of executive branch authority.
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