
In 2006, the Supreme Court ruled that the Bush administration's treatment of Guantánamo detainees violated the U.S. Constitution. In response to this,
A) Congress passed legislation that said prisoners' challenges to their detention would be reviewed by military commissions.
B) new measures passed by Congress to restrict the federal courts' jurisdiction over detainees were declared illegal.
C) the Obama administration abolished the category of enemy combatant in 2009.
D) President Obama claimed in May 2009 the right to detain certain accused terrorists held at Guantánamo indefinitely without trial, possibly in a prison on the mainland.
E) All of the above are true.
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