The Bush administration argued in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have sufficient opportunities to challenge their confinement, the third round of high court review of the detentions.The measures set out in U.S. law for the 305 men to contest their detention is a "remarkable, remarkable liberalization" of the protections historically afforded foreigners held by the United States somewhere other than on U.S. soil, said Solicitor General Paul Clement.
But attorney Seth Waxman, representing the detainees, portrayed the case as a fundamental test of the U.S. system of justice. Many of the prisoners "have been held ... for six years," he said.
Under the current system, "they have no prospect" of being able to challenge their detention in any meaningful way, said Waxman, who held Clement's job during the Clinton administration.
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