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We'll Rue Having Judges on the Battlefield

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Author(s) Andrew McBride
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date June 21, 2008
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121400406620193453.html
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"The idea of our judiciary protecting the "rights" of the Nazis or the Viet Cong from executive overreaching is every bit as absurd as it sounds. But had Boumediene been decided in 1940, more than 400,000 Axis troops held in more than 500 military facilities in this country during World War II would have had a right to challenge their detention in federal court."


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This item argues against the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.