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Noriega v. Pastrana, No. 09-35 (U.S. Supreme Court) (559 U.S. 917; 130 S.Ct. 1002) (January 25, 2010) (Per Curiam)

Loaded on Feb. 8, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists February 08, 2010
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Military Commissions Act.

Here, the Court declined to clarify whether individuals held in custody by the U.S. may rely on the protections of the Geneva Convention - despite the vigorous dissent of two Justices who argued that the lower courts needed guidance on that issue.

In this case, the Supreme Court declined, without ...

 

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