Summary
The U.S. Supreme Court let the Bush administration off the hook recently when it refused to hear the case of the alleged "dirty bomber" Jose Padilla. Because the administration has played "Where's Jose?" the case raised only "hypothetical" claims, the majority wrote in deciding not to take the case. The ruling leaves unanswered important questions about the extent of presidential powers, especially his power to order suspects detained indefinitely without being charged with a crime.
Mr. Padilla, an American who converted to Islam, was arrested in 2002 as he returned to Chicago on a flight from Pakistan. Then Attorney General John Ashcroft said that Mr. Padilla had trained with al-Qaida and was part of a plot to set off a radioactive "dirty bomb." Mr. Padilla was then held in military custody as an enemy combatant although no charges were filed against him.See the full content of this document
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Dirty Justice
Mr. Padilla sued the government claiming his detention was unconstituti...
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