NEW YORK (CNN) -- In a setback to the Bush administration's anti-terrorism policies, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the president does not have the power to detain an American citizen seized on U.S. soil as an enemy combatant.
If this goes to the Supremes, then I don't know if the ruling will hold up. But for now, it's good news. No one should be denied due process simply at the whim of the President.
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