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Lakhdar Boumediene

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Lakhdar Boumediene

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Boumediene recognizes a constitutional right to challenge Guantánamo detention

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In Boumediene v. Bush, the US Supreme Court held that Guantánamo detainees had a constitutional right to habeas corpus and that the existing substitute review process was inadequate. Detainees and...