Supreme Court Rules in Guantanamo Bay Detainee Case

Holding: Terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to file habeas petitions in federal courts.

Majority: Kennedy, Stevens, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Souter

Dissent: Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito

To quote from Scalia’s dissent: “The Nation will live to regret what the Court has done today. I dissent.”

Full-length opinion.

Source: Reuters, SCOTUSblog