Military Commissions Act of 2006
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military-commissions-act-of-2006-170-5902902
title:
Military Commissions Act of 2006
text:
The Military Commissions Act of 2006, also known as HR-6166, was an Act of Congress signed by President George W. Bush on October 17, 2006. The Act's stated purpose was "to authorize trial by military commission for violations of the law of war, and for other purposes". It was drafted following the decision on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006) from the Supreme Court of the United States, which ruled that the Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRT), as established by the United States Department of Defe
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Former United States law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act_of_2006
date created:
2006-09-29T02:00:57Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:58:43Z
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