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Upsetting liberals and libertarians This week's order not only prompted a visceral "this doesn't seem right" reaction from a variety of public figures, it also brought many constitutional law experts up short. Is this military tribunal order actually legal? Shouldn't we just be planning to kill bin...
The standards of guilt, explains Pyle, are far different in a military tribunal than they are in a civilian court or even in a traditional military trial. "They don't need to establish guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, or even a preponderance of evidence pointing to guilt," he says. "The...
There was an appeal to the Supreme Court, essentially challenging the legitimacy of the military tribunal. Eight justices came back from their summer recess to hear it. The ninth, Frank Murphy, sat out because he was participating in military training exercises with the Army - but was so interested in the...
The Taliban?s call for a holy war against the U.S. was not endorsed by leaders of the 56-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference. Meeting in Qatar, the o.i.c. condemned the attacks on America but urged that U.S. reprisals exclude action against other states. British Prime Minister Tony Blair...
Slaughter also considered the question of punishing suspected terrorists such as Osama bin Laden. She suggested the formation of an international tribunal including both American and Islamic jurists to try the terrorists, a move she said would help ensure the international legitimacy of any court decisions.