Actualidad constitucional en EEUU (206/ 2007). La Constitución fuera de la Constitución

This Article provides a broad-lens, synoptic perspective on war-on-terrorism questions within the constitutional actuality in the United States and a summary of Supreme Court's leading cases in 2006-2007 terms. The central claim is that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 raises serious proble...

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Published in:Teoría y realidad constitucional 2008-07 (22), p.425
Main Authors: De Cabo de la Vega, Antonio, Criado de Diego, Marcos
Format: Article
Language:eng ; spa
Subjects:
Common law
Constitutional law
Habeas corpus
Jurisdiction
Supreme Court decisions
Terrorism
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Summary:This Article provides a broad-lens, synoptic perspective on war-on-terrorism questions within the constitutional actuality in the United States and a summary of Supreme Court's leading cases in 2006-2007 terms. The central claim is that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 raises serious problems for any liberal view of the Constitution and is inconsistent with the reach of constitutional guarantees as they have been defined in cases arising from the war on terror. We also discuss a recent D.C. Circuit decision in which the court upheld the jurisdiction-stripping provision on the ground that it is consistent with both the scope of habeas corpus at common law as well as Supreme Court precedent. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1139-5583
2174-8950
DOI:10.5944/trc.22.2008.6823