"The Bush Administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to return to an issue with constitutional overtones that it has not confronted in nearly six decades: the authority of U.S. courts to hear legal challenges by individuals held abroad in U.S. military custody. In a petition for review in Geren v. Omar (not yet assigned a docket number), the Justice Department said the Court should hear one and perhaps both of two cases involving individuals with U.S. citizenship who are attempting to head off their transfer to the Iraqi government for prosecution or punishment under Iraq's criminal laws..."
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