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Supreme Court OK's Detention Without Trial Of American Citizens!!!

By Joseph K.

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t trial - but that those held also had the right to challenge their detention in US courts... [In other words, any American designated by Bush as "enemy combatant" is now guilty until proven innocent!]

AP

By ANNE GEARAN

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court ruled narrowly Monday that Congress gave President Bush the power to hold an American citizen without charges or trial, but said the detainee can challenge his treatment in court.

The 6-3 ruling sided with the administration on an important legal point raised in the war on terrorism. At the same time, it left unanswered other hard questions raised by the case of Yaser Esam Hamdi, who has been detained more than two years and who was only recently allowed to see a lawyer...

[How long will you go down for, how much torture will you endure, before you get your day in court? The US constitution is now officially a dead letter. Welcome to Fascism.]

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