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 of the United States Constitution
surface form: Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution

Suspension Clause
country United States of America
surface form: 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
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surface form: Boumediene v. Bush
held U.S. Supreme Court case Boumediene v. Bush self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Suspension Clause
surface form: the Suspension Clause of the U.S. Constitution has full effect at Guantánamo Bay
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
surface form: Guantánamo Bay detention camp
majorityOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy
oralArgumentDate 2007-12-05
petitioner Lakhdar Boumediene
precedentOverruledOrLimited Johnson v. Eisentrager
relatedCase opinion in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
surface form: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
opinion in Rasul v. Bush
surface form: 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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this entity surface form: Section 7 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 is an unconstitutional suspension of the writ of habeas corpus