Justice 5, Brutality 4

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Author(s)	The New York Times editorial board
Source	The New York Times
Date	June 13, 2008
URL	http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/opinion/13fri1.html
Quote	"It was a very good day for people who value freedom and abhor Mr. Bush’s attempts to turn Guantánamo Bay into a constitutional-rights-free zone. The right of habeas corpus is so central to the American legal system that it has its own clause in the Constitution: it cannot be suspended except “when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.”"

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This item argues for the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.