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Parent topics
- Supreme Court of the United States [r]: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. [e]
- Lawful combatant [r]: A person who meets the qualifications of the Geneva Conventions to be entitled to prisoner of war status [e]
- Authorization for the Use of Military Force [r]: Add brief definition or description
Subtopics
- Ex parte Quirin [r]: A 1942 Supreme Court of the United States ruling that affirmed the right to try captured enemy personnel, who operated in civilian clothing, by a Presidentially appointed secret military tribunal [e]
- Posse Comitatus Act [r]: U.S. law, enacted in 1878 during Reconstruction, which forbids the use of U.S. Army forces for civilian law enforcement; it does not prohibit their use in disaster relief defined by the Stafford Act, or in situations of martial law; the greatest controversies surround the role of military forces in dealing with terrorism on U.S. soil [e]