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Old 05-22-2009, 09:55 AM   #98 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Derwood View Post
The Constitution does not grant the President the power to indefinitely hold prisoners without trial. It's pretty simply really.


-- Absolutely true.

But it does not grant habeas corpus to enemy combatants taken on the field of battle, either.

They are not covered by the Geneva Convention, for that matter.
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