Dismissal of Guantanamo prisoners' claims for habeas [US DC] News
Dismissal of Guantanamo prisoners' claims for habeas [US DC]

Khalid v. Bush and Boumediene v. Bush, United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge Richard Leon, January 19, 2005 [dismissing the claims of seven Guantanamo Bay prisoners who had contested the fairness of their detention]. Excerpt:

Thus, to the extent these non-resident detainees have rights, they are subject to both the military review process already in place and the laws Congress has passed defining the appropriate scope of military conduct towards these detainees. The extent to which these rights and conditions should be modified or extended is a matter for the political branches to determine and effectuate through either Constitutional amendments, appropriate international entities. Thus, until Congress and the President act further, there is similarly no viable legal theory under international law by which a federal court could issue a writ.

Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.