Last year. the Supreme Court ruled in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld that Federal courts have jurisdiction over habeas corpus petitions brought by detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Justice Stevens reminded the administration that "in undertaking to try Hamdan and subject him to criminal punishment. the Executive is bound to comply with the Rule of Law." In the face of this clear Supreme Court precedent. the administration and Congress recklessly responded with the Military Commissions Act. which eliminated the right of all noncitizens labeled by the executive as enemy combatants to be heard in an Article 3 court. This bill will repeal these disgraceful provisions of the Military Commissions Act and restore the right to habeas corpus for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere. I urge my colleagues to vote for the rule of law and to support this amendment.
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