Linda Greenhouse on the Hamdan Argument

Justices Hint That They’ll Rule on Challenge Filed by Detainee, By LINDA GREENHOUSE, New York Times
March 29, 2006

As the justices of the Supreme Court took their seats Tuesday morning to hear Osama bin Laden’s former driver challenge the Bush administration’s plan to try him before a military commission, one question — perhaps the most important one — was how protective the justices would be of their jurisdiction to decide the case. The answer emerged gradually, but by the end of the tightly packed 90-minute argument, it was fairly clear: highly protective.

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