The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that Guantanamo Bay detainees cannot challenge their detention in U.S. courts:
"Federal courts have no jurisdiction in these cases," Judge A. Raymond Randolph wrote for the court majority in his 25-page opinion.
This is a big win for the government in the legal front on the War Against Terror. Barring detainees from the U.S. court system was a key provision in the Military Commissions Act, passed by Congress last year to set up a system to prosecute terrorism suspects.
The Court of Appeals ordered hundreds of cases pending in the lower courts dismissed.
The decision, including Judge Rogers lengthy dissent, is available here [pdf].
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