Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

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Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseTypes 03-6696
gptkbp:consequences Civil liberties
Executive power
National security policy
gptkbp:court gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
5-4 ruling
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 28, 2004
gptkbp:historicalContext Post-September 11, 2001
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
gptkbp:impact U.S._military_detention_policies
gptkbp:involvedCountries Separation of powers
Due process
War powers
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
Allowed for judicial review of military detentions
gptkbp:legalStatus gptkb:Detention_of_U.S._citizens_as_enemy_combatants
gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union_(ACLU)
Private attorneys
Post-9/11 legal landscape
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Extensive
gptkbp:notableEvent Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
gptkbp:outcome The_Court_ruled_that_U.S._citizens_held_as_enemy_combatants_have_the_right_to_contest_their_detention
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkbp:precedent gptkb:Rasul_v._Bush
gptkbp:publicAccess Controversial
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:Justice_Sandra_Day_O'Connor
gptkb:Boumediene_v._Bush
gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens
gptkb:Geneva_Conventions
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_M._Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Justice_Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Justice_David_Souter
International Human Rights Law
Justice Stephen Breyer
Justice Clarence Thomas
Attorney_General_John_Ashcroft
President_George_W._Bush
Secretary_of_Defense_Donald_Rumsfeld
Vice_President_Dick_Cheney
gptkbp:relatedTo War on Terror
gptkbp:respondsTo gptkb:Donald_Rumsfeld
gptkbp:signatories gptkb:Yaser_Esam_Hamdi
gptkbp:significance Set a precedent for the rights of detainees