Topic: Terror Case To Be Heard Soon

Washington Post
February 23, 2008
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The Supreme Court decided to accelerate an appeal of a lower-court decision that granted terrorism detainees greater access to evidence that could be used to challenge their enemy-combatant status.
Both the government and attorneys for the detainees, who are being held at the military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have told the court that, if the case is to be heard, it should happen during the current term.
The court heard arguments in December in a separate case about whether Congress acted properly in removing court jurisdiction over the detainees' habeas corpus rights.
The new case might be considered at the justices' March 14 private conference.