opinion in Rasul v. Bush

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The opinion in Rasul v. Bush is a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision authored by Justice John Paul Stevens that held federal courts have jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions from foreign nationals detained at Guantánamo Bay.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court majority opinion ⓘ
judicial opinion ⓘ
author John Paul Stevens ⓘ
characterization landmark decision on habeas corpus and detainee rights ⓘ
citation 542 U.S. 466 ⓘ
concurrenceBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
constitutionalContext Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
court Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
dateDecided June 28, 2004 ⓘ
dissentingJustices Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber 03-334 ⓘ
effect opened federal courts to habeas petitions from Guantánamo detainees ⓘ
prompted the U.S. government to create Combatant Status Review Tribunals ⓘ
joinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
David H. Souter ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sandra Day O’Connor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
jurisdiction federal courts of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalHolding federal courts have jurisdiction to hear habeas corpus petitions filed by foreign nationals detained at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
statutory habeas jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2241 extends to non‑citizens held at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
the degree of control the United States exercises over Guantánamo Bay is sufficient to trigger federal habeas jurisdiction ⓘ
the habeas statute does not require that petitioners be U.S. citizens or held within sovereign territory of the United States ⓘ
the precedent in Johnson v. Eisentrager does not bar habeas jurisdiction over Guantánamo detainees ⓘ
locationOfDetention U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay ⓘ
surface form: Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba
overrulesOrLimits Johnson v. Eisentrager (to the extent it was read to bar habeas for non‑citizens held outside U.S. sovereign territory) ⓘ
partOf opinion in Rasul v. Bush self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rasul v. Bush
petitioner Asif Iqbal ⓘ
David Hicks ⓘ
Mamdouh Habib ⓘ
Shafiq Rasul ⓘ
relatedTo U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush ⓘ
surface form: Boumediene v. Bush

opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
surface form: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld ⓘ
war on terror detainee litigation ⓘ
respondent Donald Rumsfeld ⓘ
surface form: Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense

George W. Bush ⓘ
surface form: George W. Bush, President of the United States

U.S. military officials responsible for Guantánamo detention ⓘ
statutoryBasis 28 U.S.C. § 1331 ⓘ
28 U.S.C. § 2241 ⓘ
subjectMatter habeas corpus jurisdiction ⓘ
rights of foreign nationals detained in the war on terror ⓘ
scope of 28 U.S.C. § 2241 ⓘ
topic extraterritorial application of U.S. law ⓘ
separation of powers in wartime detention ⓘ

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