In Boumediene v. Bush (2008), SCOTUS:
a. declared unconstitutional the provision of the Military Commission Act of 2006 that stripped federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus petitions from detainees challenging their designation as enemy combatants.
b. declared constitutional the provision of the Military Commission Act of 2006 that stripped federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus petitions from detainees challenging their designation as enemy combatants.
c. determined that the Constitution does not protect enemy combatants.
d. determined that enemy combatants must be tried in court martial proceedings.
b
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a. purpose b. intent c. motive d. knowledge
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A. to assess the need for restitution B. to assess the risk to the community of future criminal behavior C. to assess the harm caused by the offense D. All of the answers are correct.
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a. non-equivalent groups b. true experiment c. classical experiment d. interrupted time-series