Today in Supreme Court History: October 29, 1942

10/29/1942: Published decision in Ex Parte Quirin released. At that point, six of the saboteurs had already been electrocuted.

The Stone Court (1941-1942)

Comments

[Kazinski]

A seminal case on the war on terror, while it wasn't explicitly overruled, it's clear it's no longer good law.

But I fully agree with it's premise, being an American citizen provides no constitutional protections when you are waging war on the United States on behalf of a foreign power. German military personnel who infiltrate the US to sabotage military targets are and should be treated as Nazi sabateurs regardless of where they were born or their naturalization status.