U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush

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Boumediene v. Bush is a landmark 2008 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held foreign detainees at Guantánamo Bay have a constitutional right to seek habeas corpus review in federal courts.

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instanceOf U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ
habeas corpus case ⓘ
landmark decision ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtTime John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
citation 553 U.S. 723 ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution ⓘ
Suspension Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2008-06-12 ⓘ
dissentBy Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber 06-1195 ⓘ
fullName Boumediene v. Bush ⓘ
held Section 7 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 is an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
foreign detainees at Guantánamo Bay have a constitutional right to seek habeas corpus in U.S. federal courts ⓘ
the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution has full effect at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
linked to: Suspension Clause
impact constrained executive detention authority in the war on terror ⓘ
expanded constitutional protections for noncitizens held at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
limited congressional power to strip federal courts of habeas jurisdiction ⓘ
joinedByInMajority David H. Souter ⓘ
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
legalIssue application of the U.S. Constitution to Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
habeas corpus rights of foreign detainees ⓘ
suspension of the writ of habeas corpus ⓘ
locationInDispute Guantánamo Bay detention camp ⓘ
linked to: Guantánamo
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
oralArgumentDate 2007-12-05 ⓘ
petitioner Lakhdar Boumediene ⓘ
precedentOverruledOrLimited Johnson v. Eisentrager ⓘ
relatedCase Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
Rasul v. Bush ⓘ
relatedStatute Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 ⓘ
Military Commissions Act of 2006 ⓘ
respondent George W. Bush ⓘ
result denial of the government’s motion to dismiss detainees’ habeas petitions ⓘ
remand to lower courts for habeas proceedings ⓘ
termOfCourt October Term 2007 ⓘ
topic executive power ⓘ
national security law ⓘ
separation of powers ⓘ
war on terror ⓘ
yearDecided 2008 ⓘ

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