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 Many legal scholars with military backgrounds support Justice O’Connor’s assertion that affording basic due process to detainees will not have a “dire impact on the central function of warmaking that the Government forecasts.” Lieutenant Jane Smith, an attorney with the Army Judge Advocate General Corps, claims that “resolving the status of prisoners in a prompt and efficient manner promotes security on the battlefield.”

Retired Major Richard Johnson, a former lecturer at the Naval War College, argues that the military is well equipped to handle these hearings in the field or at a base, such as Guantanamo Bay, so long as the procedures and standards are clearly stated.” Problems may arise, according to Johnson, if there is ambiguity in the language of the rules and regulations.

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Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, 124 S.Ct. 2633, 159 L.Ed.2d 578 (2004).

Jane Smith, “The Need for Consistent Treatment of Enemy Combatants,” Harvard Law Journal, volume 112, page 235, June 2003.

Richard Johnson, “Due Process in Military Proceedings,” Military Law Journal, volume 12, page 164, Spring 2004.

Ibid.

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Bibliography

Cases

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld , No. 05-184 ( U.S. Supreme Court, June 29, 2006)

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, 542 U.S. 507, 124 S.Ct. 2633, 159 L.Ed.2d 578 (2004)

In re Guantanamo Detainee Cases, 355 F.Supp.2d 443 (D.D.C. 2005)

Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466, 124 S.Ct. 2686, 159 L.Ed. 2d 548 (2004)

 

Books and articles

Ellis, James, John Brown and Eleanor Gray. The Evolution of Military Law. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.

Johnson, Richard. “Due Process in Military Proceedings.” Military Law Journal. Volume 12, page 164, Spring 2004.

Smith, Jane. “The Need for Consistent Treatment of Enemy Combatants.” Harvard Law Review. Volume 112, page 235, June 2003.

Other

 Military Commission Order No. 1 (March 21, 2002). http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2002/d20020321ord.pdf (accessed July 1, 2005).