User:Geo Swan/Individuals who faced charges before Guantanamo military commissions

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See User:Geo Swan/Stale drafts Between 2004 and 2009 a total of 24 individuals faced charges before the Guantanamo military commissions. Between 2004 and mid 2006 ten individuals faced charges before Presidentially authorized military commissions. The Presidentially authorized commissions were struck down by the United States Supreme Court in its ruling in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. The Supreme Court ruled that United States Presidents lacked the constitutional authority to set up military commissions. The Court ruled that only the United States Congress had the authority to set up military commissions.

Through the Military Commissions Act of 2006 Congress did authorize new military commissions. It authorized new commissions which were similar to those authorized by President George W. Bush.