Topic: at the time of detention, neither the supreme court nor thi… · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Rasul v. Myers.

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1 Rasul v. Myers Anchor
cadc · 2009
green “at the time of detention, neither the supreme court nor this court had ever held that aliens captured on foreign soil and detained beyond sovereign u.s. territory had any constitutional rights-under the fifth amendment, the eighth amendment, or otherwise.” 3
2 Ben Kalka v. Kathleen Hawk,appellees
cadc · 2000
green “normally, a party may not appeal from a favorable judgment.” 3
3 Bancoult v. McNamara
dcd · 2004
green “the plain language of . . . does not confer rights nor does it impose obligations or duties that, if violated, would trigger the exception.” 3

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