From The Associated Press:
The justices seemed deeply divided over whether President Bush (news - web sites) had the legal authority to order the indefinite holding of foreign citizens captured abroad while denying them the right to challenge their detention in court.
Several justices stressed they were only considering whether U.S. courts have jurisdiction, not the merits of the claims by prisoners, who say they are innocent and have been held illegally in violation of their civil rights.
U.S. Solicitor General Theodore Olson defended the Bush administration's controversial policy, which has come under attack by civil liberties and human rights groups.
John Gibbons, representing the detainees, said the United States had created "a lawless enclave" at Guantanamo. About 595 foreign nationals, designated "enemy combatants," are being held at the U.S. military base in Cuba as suspected al Qaeda members or Taliban fighters.
Lawyers for prisoners of war? Extending habaeas corpus rights to foreign nationals? This is craziness.
The people being held at Guantanamo Bay are not Americans. They are foreign enemies and combatants in the war on terror.
This is what happens when you treat terrorism like a crime and not an act of war.