Supreme Court blots a stain
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| Author(s) | The Philadelphia Inquirer editorial board |
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| Source | The Philadelphia Inquirer |
| Date | June 13, 2008 |
| URL | http://www.philly.com/inquirer/opinion/20080613_Editorial__Unlawful_Detention_and_Wiretapping.html |
| Quote | "Even so, Bush fought hard against according even the basic legal rights granted an American under arrest. After two previous Supreme Court rulings tripped up the justice-lite system set up by Bush lawyers to put the detainees on trial, the president did the unthinkable: He convinced a compliant Congress to outlaw the federal courts from intervening under the Constitution's most fundamental human-rights precept - the writ of habeas corpus, which grants prisoners an impartial court review of their detention"
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This item argues for the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.
