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The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has decided that Jose Padilla cannot be detained as an enemy combatant<\/a> (previous commentary here <\/a>and here<\/a>). <\/p>\n

The court decided that an American citizen, on American soil, outside of a zone of actual combat, could not be classified as an enemy combatant.<\/p>\n

It did note that the government did, in fact, have “ample cause” to link Padilla to a “terrorist plot,” but that didn’t give it the power to essentially indefniitely detain him in a military brig. On the other hand, the court’s instruction was not to release Padilla altogether, but only from military custody; it noted that he could be turned over to civilian custody under criminal charges (with the rights and protections that also provides), or even held as a material witness for grand jury hearings.<\/p>\n

The result feels <\/i>reasonable, since indefinite detention of citizens on US soil seems to be a process that(particularly in the context of the War on Terror) is most open to possible abuse by the executive branch. <\/p>\n

No word I’ve found yet on whether the Bush Administration — which had argued that federal courts had no jurisdiction to review what it interpreted as military actions — will ask for a stay, a review by the full Circuit, or appeal to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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