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The Wall Street Journal editorial board
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The Wall Street Journal
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June 13, 2008
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121331916222970351.html
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"By the logic of Boumediene, members of al Qaeda will now be able to challenge their status in court in a way that uniformed military officers of a legitimate army cannot. And Justice Scalia points out that this was not a right afforded even to the 400,000 prisoners of war detained on American soil during World War II. It is difficult to understand why any terrorist held anywhere in the world – whether at Camp Cropper in Iraq or Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan – won't now have the same right to have their appeals heard in an American court."
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This item argues against the position Supreme Court was correct in its ruling on the topic Boumediene v. Bush.
