Legal Opinion
Hussain v. Obama
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 21, 2014No. 13-638Relating-toCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*1622 Statement of Justice BREYER respecting the denial of certiorari.
The Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), passed in September 2001, empowers the President to "use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons." § 2(a), 115 Stat. 224 . In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hamdi v. RumsfeldSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Abdul Al Qader Hussain v. Barack ObamaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- Hussein v. ObamaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2011
3Cited by1 opinion
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