Noriega v. Pastrana

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559 U. S. ____

(2010) 1 THOMAS, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MANUEL ANTONIO NORIEGA v. GEORGE PASTRANA, WARDEN ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 09–35. Decided January 25, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. “[I]n our tripartite system of government,” it is the duty of this Court to “say ‘what the law is.’ ” Boumediene v. Bush,

553 U. S. ___

(2008) (slip op., at 36) (quoting Mar­ bury v. Madison,

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