Maryland Law Review
Volume 67
Preserving the Writ: The Military Commission Act’s Unconstitutional Attempt to Deprive Lawful Resident Aliens of their Habeas Corpus Rights
On September 11, 2001, members of the al Qaeda terrorist network struck targets in the United States, killing nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest attack of its kind on United States soil.1 Since then, the United States Government has taken several legislative and executive measures to prevent another terrorist attack.2 Specifically, President George W. Bush and the executive branch have repeatedly employed the Authorization for Use of Military Force (the AUMF), a joint resolution passed by Congress immediately after the September 11th attacks, 3 as legal justification for detaining whomever they deem to be an "enemy combatant."4 Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri was one such individual.
Citation: Katy R. Jackman, Comment: Preserving the Writ: The Military Commission Act's Unconstitutional Attempt to Deprive Lawful Resident Aliens of Their Habeas Corpus Rights, 67 Md. L. Rev. 736 (2008).
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