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FrankRep
09-28-2011, 07:25 AM
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George W. Bush’s and Barack Obama’s treatment of accused terrorists in the War on Terror has often fallen outside constitutional boundaries — and that’s bad for Americans.


Military Commissions: Rights of Accused Terrorists Under Bush, Obama (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/9176-military-commissions-rights-of-accused-terrorists-under-bush-obama)


Thomas R. Eddlem | The New American (http://www.thenewamerican.com/)
28 September 2011


Related article:

Military Commissions Throughout U.S. History (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/9176-military-commissions-rights-of-accused-terrorists-under-bush-obama)



Military commissions have a long and irregular history of being created by federal authorities, and U.S. courts have been just as inconsistent in rulings on their constitutionality.