Differentiate Ex parte Milligan vs Ex parte Quirin.

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Ex parte Milligan – Supreme Court determined that Congress, not the President, has authority to set up military tribunals, and then only in times of war; as long as the nation’s domestic courts are open, they are the proper venue for trial and conviction

Ex parte Quirin – Supreme Court held that those who are unlawful combatants who entered the nation secretly and had no uniforms or identification are not prisoners of war and can be tried by military commission when Congress has allowed for this in legislation

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