"The challenge : Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, and the fight over presidential power
Author :Mahler, Jonathan, 1969-

In November 2001, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 31-year-old Yemeni, was 
captured and turned over to U.S. forces in Afghanistan. After 
confessing to being Osama bin Laden's driver, Hamdan was transferred 
to Guanta namo Bay, and was soon designated by President Bush for 
trial before a special military tribunal. The Pentagon assigned a 
military defense lawyer to represent him, a 35-year-old graduate of 
the Naval Academy, Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift. No one 
expected Swift to mount much of a defense. The rules of the 
tribunals, America's first in over fifty years, were stacked against 
him--assuming he wasn't expected to throw the game altogether. 
Instead, with the help of a young constitutional law professor at 
Georgetown, Neal Katyal, Swift sued the Bush Administration over the 
legality of the tribunals. In 2006, Katyal argued the case before the 
Supreme Court and won. This is the inside story of what may be the 
most important decision on presidential power and the rule of law in 
the history of the Supreme Court.--From publisher description."

(I found this compelling, admired the belief in justice, the 
single-mindedness of the attorneys, the twists and strategies, 
...  I'm very glad I read this.  Sylvia)


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