Government Merits Brief - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

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VIII Constitution, treaties, statutes, regulations Page and rules: U.S. Const.: Art. II ..........................................16 § 2...........................................21 Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Aug. 8, 1945, art. 12, 59 Stat. 1548, 82 U.N.T.S. 290 . . . 46 Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, July 27, 1929, 47 Stat. 2021, 118 L.N.T.S. 344: Art. 2, 47 Stat. 2031, 118 L.N.T.S. 357 ............31 Art. 3, 47 Stat. 2031, 118 L.N.T.S. 357 ............31 Art. 16, 47 Stat. 2036, 118 L.N.T.S. 363 ...........31 Art. 42, 47 Stat. 2045, 118 L.N.T.S. 373 ...........31 Art. 82, 47 Stat. 2059, 118 L.N.T.S. 391 ...........32 Art. 86, 47 Stat. 2060, 118 L.N.T.S. 393 ...........33 Art. 87, 47 Stat. 2061, 118 L.N.T.S. 393 ...........34 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field, Aug. 12, 1949, art. 3, 6 U.S.T. 3114, 75 U.N.T.S. 31 .............................48 Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Conditions of the Wounded and Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, Aug. 12, 1949, art. 3, 6 U.S.T. 3217, 75 U.N.T.S. 85 . . . 48 Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, Aug. 12, 1949, art. 3, 6 U.S.T. 3516, 75 U.N.T.S. 287 ...............48
IX Treaties, statutes, regulations, and rules—Continued: Page Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 U.S.T. 3316, 75 U.N.T.S. 135 ............. 5, 6, 9, 26, 30, 37, 38, 19a Art. 1, 6 U.S.T. 3318, 75 U.N.T.S. 136 ........32, 19a Art. 2, 6 U.S.T. 3318, 75 U.N.T.S. 136...........................26, 38, 39, 40, 19a Art. 3, 6 U.S.T. 3318, 75 U.N.T.S. 136........................ 6, 10, 26, 48, 49, 20a Art. 4, 6 U.S.T. 3320, 75 U.N.T.S. 138 ......6, 41, 21a Art. 4(A)(1), 6 U.S.T. 3320, 75 U.N.T.S. 138.................................41, 42, 21a Art. 4(A)(2), 6 U.S.T. 3320, 75 U.N.T.S. 138..............................41, 42, 21, 21a Art. 4(A)(4), 6 U.S.T. 3320, 75 U.N.T.S. 138................................ 41, 42, 22a Art. 5, 6 U.S.T. 3322, 75 U.N.T.S. 140............................5, 37, 42, 43, 24a Art. 8, 6 U.S.T. 3324, 75 U.N.T.S. 144 ........33, 24a Art. 11, 6 U.S.T. 3326, 75 U.N.T.S. 144 .......33, 25a Art. 23, 6 U.S.T. 3336, 75 U.N.T.S. 154 ...........27 Art. 102, 6 U.S.T. 3394, 75 U.N.T.S. 212 .......40, 41 Art. 132, 6 U.S.T. 3420, 75 U.N.T.S. 238 ......33, 25a Art. 142, 6 U.S.T. 3424, 75 U.N.T.S. 242 ..........26 Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, June 8, 1977, 1125 U.N.T.S. 3 ......................................39
Page 1 and 2: No. 05-184 In the Supreme Court of
Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Jurisdiction
Page 5 and 6: V Cases—Continued: Page Foster v.
Page 7: VII Cases—Continued: Page United
Page 11 and 12: XI Statutes, regulations, and rules
Page 13 and 14: XIII Miscellaneous—Continued: Pag
Page 15 and 16: In the Supreme Court of the United
Page 17 and 18: 3 2. a. In November 2001, petitione
Page 19 and 20: 5 Qaeda,” and that he was therefo
Page 21 and 22: 7 SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT I. Petitioner
Page 23 and 24: 9 ity in wartime to hold enemy figh
Page 25 and 26: 11 tured in the United States, Ex p
Page 27 and 28: 13 entertaining “habeas petitions
Page 29 and 30: 15 sion,” and that judicial revie
Page 31 and 32: 17 AUMF authorized the use of milit
Page 33 and 34: 19 UCMJ applies to armed conflicts
Page 35 and 36: 21 Eisentrager, 339 U.S. at 788. Th
Page 37 and 38: 23 The President’s inherent autho
Page 39 and 40: 25 no basis for this Court to inval
Page 41 and 42: 27 1. Military commissions may be a
Page 43 and 44: 29 particular reference to the fact
Page 45 and 46: 31 253, 306 (1829); see generally U
Page 47 and 48: 33 spected * * * in all circumstanc
Page 49 and 50: 35 ever, create no enforceable fede
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Page 53 and 54: 39 applicable to “all cases of de
Page 55 and 56: 41 tenced only if the sentence has
Page 57 and 58: 43 E. Petitioner Does Not Enjoy The
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45 commission. The Court described
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47 (3d ed. 1914); see Richard S. Ha
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49 armed conflicts, * * * which are
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APPENDIX 1. 10 U.S.C. 821, Art. 21,
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3a Committee on the Judiciary of th
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5a (2) ELEMENTS OF REPORT.—Each s
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7a (ii) to the extent the Constitut
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9a and Nationality Act and, in part
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SECTION 2. 11a AUTHORIZATION FOR US
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13a (d) The ability of the United S
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15a Sec. 3. Detention Authority of
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17a (8) of the record of the trial,
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19a 6. Geneva Convention relative t
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21a (c) outrages upon personal dign
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23a B. The following shall likewise
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25a * * * * * ARTICLE 11 In cases w
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