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Bush Forced Ruling on Detainees

High court had to act after Bush flouted justice and liberty

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 15, 2008 7:45 PM CDT

(Newser) – President Bush forced the Supreme Court’s hand by overplaying his own over Guantanamo detainees, Stuart Taylor, Jr. writes in Newsweek. Courts usually defer to Washington on national security, but Bush so flouted ordinary "ideas of justice and liberty" that he "put the... Read full story »

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