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On the recordMay 7, 2009
It said 'no' to the Administration's view that it could hold a citizen in the United States incommunicado indefinitely with no access to a lawyer.
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Russ Feingold
Democratic · Wisconsin

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Feingold discusses the Court's ruling against indefinite detention without legal access.

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