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U.S. Supreme Court Finds Military Commissions Created by Presidential Order Unlawful

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

John R. Crook
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 100 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 918 - 922
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2006

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References

1 126 S.Ct. 2749 (June 29, 2006). A case report by Peter Spiro appears in this issue of the Journal. See Linda, Greenhouse, Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court, N.Y. Times, Mar. 27, 2006, at A12 Google Scholar; Linda, Greenhouse, Justices Hint They’ll Rule on Detainee’s Challenge, N.Y. Times, Mar. 29, 2006, at A1 Google Scholar; Charles, Lane, Case Tests Power of Judiciary, President, Wash. Post, Mar. 29, 2006, at A6 Google Scholar; Linda, Greenhouse, Justices, 5-3, Broadly Reject Bush Plan to Try Detainees, N.Y. Times, June 30, 2006, at A1 Google Scholar; David, E. Sanger & Scott, Shane, Court’s Ruling Is Likely to Force Negotiations over Presidential Power, N.Y. Times, June 30, 2006, at A17 Google Scholar; A Victory for the Rules of Law (editorial), N.Y. Times, June 30, 2006, at A22.

2 Geneva Convention [No. 3] Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 UST 3316, 75 UNTS 135.

3 See John, R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 99 AJIL 895 (2005).Google Scholar

4 See id., 100 AJIL 214, 215 (2006).

5 Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109–148, 119 Stat. 2739; see John, R. Crook, Contemporary Practice of the United States, 100 AJIL 455, 459 (2006).Google Scholar

6 126 S.Ct. at 2762-69.

7 M a t 2769–72.

8 [Editor’s Note: The case was Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. 2 (1866).]

9 [Editor’s note: Ex parte Quirin, 317 U. S. 1 (1942).]

10 126 S.Ct. at 2774.

11 Under Article 26 of the UCMJ, “The provisions of this code conferring jurisdiction upon courts-martial shall not be construed as depriving military commissions . . . of concurrent jurisdiction in respect of offenders or offenses that by statute or by the law of war may be tried by such military commissions . . . .”

12 Authorization for Use of Military Force, 115 Stat. 224, codified at 50 U.S.C. §1541 note (2000 & Supp. III 2003).

13 126 S.Ct. at 2774–75.

14 Id. at 2775.

15 Id. at 2776.

16 Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1.

17 In re Yamashita, 327 U. S. 1 (1946).

18 126 S.Ct. at 2777.

19 Id. at 2778–79.

20 Id. at 2779–85.

21 Id. at 2785.

22 M a t 2791.

23 Id. at 2792 (citations and footnote omitted).

24 Id. at 2793.

25 Id. at 2795-96 (citation omitted).

26 Id. at 2796-97.

27 Id. at 2797.

28 Id. at 2798.

29 Id. at 2799 (Breyer, J., concurring) (citation omitted).

30 Id. (Kennedy, J., concurring).

31 Id. at 2810 (Scalia, J., dissenting).

32 Id. at 2823 (Thomas, J., dissenting).

33 Id. at 2851 (Alito, J., dissenting).