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Less Disorder in the Court: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Boumediene v. Bush
Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; New York Times Company
Author(s): Richard A. Epstein
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Funder(s): Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Series: Hoover Digest
Topic: Justice (Judgments and sentences)
Keywords: Boumediene v. Bush; Law and Justice; Guantánamo
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush was correct, but on the wrong grounds. In addressing whether non?U.S. citizens detained outside the United States are entitled to habeas corpus, the court passed up an opportunity to clarify the law. .