Guantanamo detainee lawyers challenge constitutionality of military commissions

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Commander Suzanne Lachelier and Lt. Commander Richard Federico of the US Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps [official website] argued that the MCA exceeds Congress' constitutional authority and that the military commissions formed under the MCA are not "regularly constituted" courts within the meaning of Common Article 3 [ICRC backgrounder] of the ...

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