Court Strikes Down Bush Grab for Power

Claiming unusual authority to designate and hold individuals who are thought to be "enemy combatants," the Bush administration exercised power that has unnerved many constitutional scholars. Now a federal appeals court has ruled that such power exceeds the bounds of the Constitution.

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On June 11th, a three-judge panel in Richmond, Virginia, ruled 2 to 1 that the President does not have power to declare a civilian living in the United States an "enemy combatant" and turn him over to the military for indefinite incarceration.