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Article: For detainees: less access to US courts? The White House bill in Congress would strip courts of jurisdiction.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 22, 2006
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Byline: Warren Richey Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON -- In a significant but little-discussed move, the Bush administration is asking Congress to strip the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear cases brought by Guantanamo detainees challenging the legality of their confinement.
The move marks the second time in less than a year that the Bush administration is seeking to achieve in Congress what it was unable to win in court. In December, Congress passed the Detainee Treatment Act - a measure that sharply limited judicial jurisdiction to hear detainee challenges. Administration lawyers even argued that the US Supreme Court ...