U.S. Supreme Court Deals Setback to Bush Administration on Military Commissions

On June 29, 2006, the United States Supreme Court handed down one of the last decisions of the 2005-2006 term, Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S.Ct. 2749 (2006). Salim Ahmed Hamdan is a Yemeni citizen, detained at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay pursuant to the Order of President Bush dated November 13, 2001. Hamdan, captured in Afganistan, was alleged to have been the driver for Osama Bin Laden and was charged before a military commission by the United States with conspiracy to commit various terrorist offenses … [more]