High Court Rebuffs Guantanamo Detention Dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court just declined to hear arguments over whether the U.S. can continue to hold a Yemeni citizen it says was a member of the Taliban but who has been detained for 17 years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without charge.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote a statement accompanying the denial, saying in a future case he would agree to review the issue whether “in light of the duration and other aspects of the relevant conflict, Congress has authorized and the Constitution permits continued detention.”

In rejecting the petition from Moath al-Alwi, the justices steered clear of the hot-button ...