History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2414 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
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The idea
In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in two thousand six, the Supreme Court held that the tribunals trying Guantánamo prisoners broke both federal law and the Geneva Conventions.
In practice
The Court setting limits on wartime detention.
Where people slip
Unit eight's Schenck and unit twelve's internment were earlier tests of liberty in wartime; this one went against the government.
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