Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

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Hamdi v. Rumsfeld is a 2004 U.S. Supreme Court case that held American citizens designated as enemy combatants have the right to challenge their detention before a neutral decision-maker.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case
legal case
arguedDate April 28, 2004
citation 542 U.S. 507
concurrenceBy David H. Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
concurrenceInJudgmentBy David H. Souter
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Article II of the United States Constitution
Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause
linked to: Due Process Clause
country United States
court Supreme Court of the United States
decisionDate June 28, 2004
dissentBy Antonin Scalia
Clarence Thomas
John Paul Stevens
docketNumber No. 03-6696
hasParty Donald H. Rumsfeld
linked to: Donald Rumsfeld

Yaser Esam Hamdi
hasPartyRole Donald H. Rumsfeld – respondent
linked to: Donald Rumsfeld

Yaser Esam Hamdi – petitioner
holding A U.S. citizen designated as an enemy combatant must be given a meaningful opportunity to contest the factual basis for that detention before a neutral decision-maker.
Separation of powers does not bar judicial review of the detention of a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force authorizes the detention of U.S. citizens captured in Afghanistan as enemy combatants, subject to due process limits.
jurisdiction federal question jurisdiction
legalIssue detention of U.S. citizens as enemy combatants
due process rights of enemy combatants
interpretation of the Authorization for Use of Military Force
scope of executive war powers
majorityOpinionBy Sandra Day O’Connor
originatingCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
pageInUnitedStatesReports 507
pluralityJoinedBy Anthony M. Kennedy
Stephen G. Breyer
William H. Rehnquist
pluralityOpinionBy Sandra Day O’Connor
precedentFor judicial review of enemy combatant detentions
relatedTo War on Terror
detention at Guantánamo Bay and other military facilities
resultForHamdi remanded for further proceedings consistent with due process requirements
shortDescription U.S. Supreme Court case recognizing due process rights of U.S. citizens detained as enemy combatants to challenge their detention before a neutral decision-maker.
statuteInterpreted Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001
subjectMatter civil liberties in wartime
executive power
habeas corpus
national security law
volumeInUnitedStatesReports 542
voteSplit plurality decision
yearDecided 2004

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