Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Quote of Note: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
"The President cannot eliminate constitutional protections with the stroke of a pen by proclaiming a civilian, even a criminal civilian, an enemy combatant subject to indefinite military detention. Put simply, the Constitution does not allow the President to order the military to seize civilians residing within the United States and detain them indefinitely without criminal process, and this is so even if he calls them 'enemy combatants.'"
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri v. Commander S. L. Wright, USN, June 11, 2007 [Link .pdf].
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri v. Commander S. L. Wright, USN, June 11, 2007 [Link .pdf].
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