Justice 5, Brutality 4
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| Author(s) | The New York Times editorial board |
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| Source | The New York Times |
| Date | June 13, 2008 |
| URL | http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/opinion/13fri1.html |
| Quote | "It was a very good day for people who value freedom and abhor Mr. Bush’s attempts to turn Guantánamo Bay into a constitutional-rights-free zone. The right of habeas corpus is so central to the American legal system that it has its own clause in the Constitution: it cannot be suspended except “when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”"
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This item argues for the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.
