Question

The Supreme Court has ruled that the president Group of answer choices can only declare someone an “enemy combatant” if he or she receives approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. can only declare someone an “enemy combatant” if he or she receives approval from a majority of the Senate Intelligence Committee. has no authority to declare someone an “enemy combatant.” has the unilateral power to declare someone an “enemy combatant.”

Answer 1

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In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court has ruled that the president

Group of answer choices:

A) can only declare someone an “enemy combatant” if he or she receives approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

B) can only declare someone an “enemy combatant” if he or she receives approval from a majority of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

C)has no authority to declare someone an “enemy combatant.”

D) has the unilateral power to declare someone an “enemy combatant.”

Answer: D) has the unilateral power to declare someone an “enemy combatant.”

Explanation:

In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004), Hamdi questioned the legality of his detention as an unlawful enemy combatant.

Based on the Authorization for Use of Military Force (2001), The Court ruled that the President was entitled to detain both citizen and non-citizen enemy combatants, although the detainee had a right to question his designation as such.