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Detention Contention

Jacob Sullum | 2.20.2004 4:44 AM


Today the Supreme Court agreed to hear the Jose Padilla "enemy combatant" case. The Cato Institute's friend-of-the court brief, which gives you a good sense of the case's importance, is here, and my most recent column on the topic is here.

Jacob Sullum is a senior editor at Reason. He is the author, most recently, of Beyond Control: Drug Prohibition, Gun Regulation, and the Search for Sensible Alternatives (Prometheus Books, September 2).