Supreme Court: Guantánamo Detainees Have Constitutional Right to Habeas Corpus CCR, Co-Counsel Win Landmark Case

Washington, DC — In one of the most important human rights cases of the decade, the Supreme Court of the United States held, in a 5-4 decision, that the men imprisoned at Guantánamo Bay…

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