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U.S. courts should conduct terror trials
Columbia Daily Tribune; 4/17/2007; NAT HENTOFF; 787 words
; ... corpus during the Civil War, the U.S. Supreme Court (ex Parte Milligan, 1866), emphasized that the civilian courts were still ... hearings, Kerrey said on March 18 in the New York Daily News that "the families of the victims and the people of the ...
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Gitmo prisoners have limited protection.(LETTERS)
The Washington Times; 2/25/2005; 160 words
; ... Supreme Court case from 1866 (Ex Parte Milligan) that Judge Green cites in her ... passages of stirring prose from the Milligan decision, but they gloss over ... rationale. The court found that Milligan could not be imprisoned indefinitely ...
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Send jihadists to federal court; Military hearings raise disturbing questions.(OPED)(SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY)
The Washington Times; 4/2/2007; 787 words
; ... confessions reminded me of the Supreme Court's reaction (ex parte Milligan, 1866) to Abraham Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus ... at his Gitmo hearings, Mr. Kerrey says (New York Daily News, March 18): The families of the victims and the people ...
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War and the constitution. (Correspondence).
The American Prospect; 2/11/2002; 787 words
; ... The key decision is Ex parte Quirin (1942), in which ... the 1866 decision in Ex parte Milligan as the leading precedent ... limited the reach of Milligan, saying that it did ... will uphold the rule in Milligan and strike down the ...
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Hamdan case: a victory for individual rights.
The New American; 7/24/2006; 354 words
; ... military tribunal called by the president for trying alleged terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Quoting the 1866 case of Ex Parte Milligan, the majority ruled that the president [cannot] institute tribunals for the trial and punishment of offenses, either ...
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Nazi Saboteurs on Trial: A Military Tribunal and American Law.(Book review)
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; 9/22/2006; Tobias, Carl; 787 words
; ... developments in the war on terrorism have accorded Ex parte Quirin, (1) a World War II Era opinion, flesh relevance ... constitutionally triable only by jury, an idea articulated by Ex parte Milligan, (32) in this case, the Court found that the petitioners ...
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The laws of war; Should military tribunal try al Qaeda?(OPED)
The Washington Times; 3/28/2006; 748 words
; ... They aim to sink Ex parte Quirin (1942 ... 1, 1943) on Ex parte Quirin - set ... importance of Ex parte Quirin in the ... opinion in the Milligan case. But where can Ex parte Quirin be placed ... significance of Ex parte Quirin, and the ... significance of ...
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Red alert for Bill of Rights!
The Village Voice; 3/12/2003; Hentoff, Nat; 787 words
; ... frightful to contemplate. -United States Supreme Court, Ex Parte Milligan, 1866, declaring Abraham Lincoln's suspension of habeas ... characterized the effect on the press of the 24-hour news-cycle race. I wonder what the job qualifications are ...
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Reckless slide repudiated.(COMMENTARY)
The Washington Times; 6/19/2007; 787 words
; ... celebrated by the United States Supreme Court in Ex parte Milligan (1866). In that case, Lamdan Milligan, an Indiana civilian during the Civil War ... United States. The court acknowledged that Milligan had committed a grievous crime during wartime ...
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Legislation would alter military conviction.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
The Washington Times; 8/30/1997; Lange, James E.T. DeWitt, Katherine; 331 words
; ... are in session, addressed in a Supreme Court case, ex parte Milligan. Judge Thomas Jefferson Boynton refused the writ because ... Supreme Court finally addressed this kind of issue. Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942) holds that an enemy of the ...
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