Legal Opinion
Al Odah, Khaled A.F. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 11, 2003No. 02-5251, 02-5284 & 02-5288PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
RANDOLPH, Circuit Judge:
Through their “next friends,” aliens captured abroad during hostilities in Afghanistan and held abroad in United States military custody at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba brought three actions contesting the legality and conditions of their confinement. The ultimate question presented in each case is whether the district court had jurisdiction to adjudicate their actions.
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The Constitution, as its preamble also declares, empowers Congress to “provide for the…
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