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On the recordJuly 7, 2009
I think that view of the applicability of the Constitution does not survive the Boumediene decision.
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Jerry Nadler
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Nadler discusses the constitutional rights of detainees post-Boumediene decision.

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