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Court overrules Bush 'enemy combatant' policyQuicklink Submitted By Sheila Samples No comments
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| Bush can't use new anti-terrorism laws to keep U.S. residents locked up indefinitely without charging them, a federal appeals court said Monday. "To sanction such presidential authority to order the military to seize and indefinitely detain civilians, even if the president calls them 'enemy combatants,' would have disastrous consequences for the Constitution - and the country," the court panel said. |
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