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October 21, 2009

Supreme Court to Weigh Judicial Authority over Gitmo Releases
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The Senate vote comes as the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on whether
federal judges can authorize the release of Guantanamo Bay prisoners
into the United States. The move comes in the case of thirteen Muslim
Uyghurs from western China who remain jailed at Guantanamo despite the
government’s own determination they pose no national security threat. A
judge ordered the Uyghurs’ release into the US last year, but a federal
appeals court later reversed that ruling.



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