Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions ratified by the U.S. Hamdan raised several legal issues: whether the United States Congress may pass legislation preventing the Supreme Court from hearing the case of an accused combatant before his trial by military commission takes place; whether the special military commissions established by the executive branch violated federal law (including the UCMJ and treaty obligations); and whether courts can enforce the articles of the Geneva Conventions. After hearing oral arguments on March 28, 2006, the Court issued a 5–3 decision on June 29 holding that it had jurisdiction; that the administration lacked either the constitutional power or congressional authorization to establish these particular military commissions...

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