In a remarkable repudiation of the Bush administration’s exercise of power in the war on terror, the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the military commissions established to try Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees violate both U.S. law and the Geneva Conventions.
Handed down on the final day of the Court’s term, the 5-3 decision could affect government policies beyond Guantanamo, jeopardizing U.S. interrogation techniques used on detainees and prisoners, which human rights groups say also violate the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war prisoners.
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