John Paul Stevens Court Cases

Rasul v Bush 
Facts:

1. Stated the US court system has the authority to decide whether foreign nationals were wrongly imprisoned.
2. Was ruled 6-3 in favor of of Rasul
3. It was four British and Australian Citizens
4. When their families learned of their imprisonment the families said that denying the men of the right to an attorney violated the fifth amendment.
5. Was decided on June 28, 2004
6. It was ruled that non citizens get the right to habeus corpus 

Questions:

1. Why are non citizens given the rights of citizens?
2. How do other countries handle prisoners of war?
3. How long were the men wrongly imprisoned for?
4. What would the American government do if one if its citizens were wrongly imprisoned?