Bou Mediene

Boumediene v. Bush is a landmark Supreme Court case from 2008 that ruled detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have the constitutional right to challenge their detention through habeas corpus, a legal process to contest unlawful imprisonment. The court determined that the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which restricted detainees’ access to courts, was unconstitutional because it infringed on their constitutional rights. This decision affirmed that even non-citizens held outside the U.S. have certain legal protections under the Constitution, emphasizing the importance of due process and the rule of law in detention cases.