As the Supreme Court prepares once more to consider whether the detainees at Guantánamo have habeas corpus rights - a cornerstone of civilization and a principle established 800 years ago in England, giving prisoners the right to challenge the basis of their detention in court - Andy Worthington looks at the key arguments in what Law.com has described as "perhaps the most important habeas corpus case in modern history."
On December 5, the nine justices of the Supreme Court...
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