WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether U.S. citizens arrested in America as "enemy combatants" may be held indefinitely without access to lawyers or courts, setting the stage for a major ruling on presidential powers versus civil liberties. The justices had already agreed to consider the government's detentions of terror suspects ? American and foreign ? caught overseas and held incommunicado.
But the case of former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla is seen as the one that will set a key standard as the government pursues the open-ended war on terror: Does the threat of attack justify giving federal authorities unprecedented legal latitude to hold their own citizens?
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But the case of former Chicago gang member Jose Padilla is seen as the one that will set a key standard as the government pursues the open-ended war on terror: Does the threat of attack justify giving federal authorities unprecedented legal latitude to hold their own citizens?
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This is a Yahoo link. It may be unstable. I don't think this post requires a lot of comment (which goes to show you how wrong I can be), but, it's going to be interesting and informative.
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