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Supreme Court to Hear Enemy Combatant Cases

HeadlineApr 28, 2004

The Supreme Court will hear two cases today to determine whether the White House can detain US citizens indefinitely without ever have to press charges or allowing the citizen a chance to appeal their detainment in court. The cases involve two U.S. citizens who have been held as enemy combatants, Jose Padilla and Yaser Esam Hamdi. On Tuesday the high court appeared to back the Bush administration’s assertion that it has executive privilege not to make public meeting notes from an energy task force assembled by Vice President Dick Cheney. We will be hearing excerpts from the arguments later in the show.

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