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Which case did Kennedy author the majority opinion in regarding detainee rights?

  • Boumediene v. Bush

  • Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

  • Rasul v. Bush

  • Padilla v. Rumsfeld

Answer

Boumediene v. Bush was a landmark Supreme Court case in which Justice Kennedy authored the majority opinion. The case concerned the rights of detainees held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The Court ruled that the detainees had the right to challenge their detention in federal court, even though they were not citizens of the United States and were being held outside of its territory.
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