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Signs of Intelligence: SCOTUS Rules Foreign Terror Suspects Have Rights

Hooray! Supreme Court shows some actual brain cells. If US Courts had no jurisdiction, I wonder what the government's argument was regarding who DID have jurisdiction.

The Supreme Court ruled today that foreigners held as enemy combatants in Cuba can use US courts.

The case, Rasul, et. al. v. Bush, President of the United States, et. al., was brought by 12 Kuwatis and 2 Australians detained at Guantanamo Bay.

The justices ruled 6-3 that U.S. courts do have jurisdiction over the prisoners, giving them the... [Morons Dot Org]

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