The Supreme Court struck down parts of the Military Commissions Act and declared habeas corpus to be a fundamental right in the case of

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Boumediene v.Bush was a landmark Supreme Court case that challenged the legality of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, which had stripped detainees at Guantanamo Bay of their right to habeas corpus. The Supreme Court ruled that the act was unconstitutional, and that Guantanamo detainees had the right to challenge their detention in US courts, a decision that reaffirmed the importance of habeas corpus as a fundamental right.

The Supreme Court Struck Down Parts of the Military Commissions