U.S. Supreme Court Holds U.S. Nationals Arrested in Iraq Have Habeas Rights

On June 12, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided that the habeas corpus statute extends to U.S. citizens held overseas by U.S. forces operating subject to a U.S. chain of command, but also held that federal district court cannot exercise their habeas jurisdiction to enjoin the U.S. from transferring individuals alleged to have committed crimes and detained within the territory of a foreign sovereign to that sovereign for criminal prosecution...[more]