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This isn't a new precedent, it's been done before in WWII. The ruling doesn't give the administration a blank check either, they still have to make the case the person is an enemy combatant. As far as the cries "Padilla is a US citizen blah blah", that point might not be true; in the past US citizens have lost citizenship after certain actions, namely alligning themselves with enemies of the United States in a time of war.
Everything the President has done has been cleared by the constitution, on the account that the President and Congress are provided powers to act in common defence of the country and the constitution. On top of that Bush, or any President, is given war time powers. The President is charged with faithfully executing all laws passed by congress, in this case the articles of War that have been ratified by our congress, articles that I would bet Padilla is in gross violation of.
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