In the case of Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court rejected the president's most important claim-the unilateral power to declare individuals, including U.S. citizens, as "enemy combatants" who could be detained by federal authorities under adverse legal conditions.

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In Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court recognized the government's power to detain enemy combatants, including U.S. citizens, but ruled that detainees who are U.S. citizens must have the rights to contest their detention before a neutral decisionmaker.

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