In 2006,the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that President Bush's unilaterally established military commissions to try alleged enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and Iraq were

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The Supreme Court ruled that President Bush's military commissions were illegal because they violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions. The Court held that, without congressional authorization, the commissions violated the separation of powers and exceeded the President's authority.