The Diane Rehm show Tuesday hosted a round-table discussion on the latest decision from the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the rights of detainees held at the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Thursday the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to deny Guantanamo prisoners the right to challenge their detention. Implications of the ruling, and the debate between creating a new “national security court,” vs. trying militarily detained terrorism suspects into the federal court system.
Guests
Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney for the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Glenn Sulmasy, national security fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; judge advocate and law professor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
John Hutson, adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign; president and dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center; former judge advocate general for the U.S. Navy
Kori Schake, foreign policy adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign
The audio link to the show is provided here
