Question

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court ruled that trial by military commission for the detainees went against the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions and A. could only be allowed if Congress authorized it. B. would be allowable under no circumstances. C. only the United States President could sanction it. D. should only occur during an official war.

Answer 1

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the Supreme Court ruled that trial by military commission for the detainees went against the Uniform Code of Military Justice and the Geneva Conventions and could only be allowed if Congress authorized it.

So, your correct answer is: A. could only be allowed if Congress authorized it.

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Answer 2

A. could only be allowed if Congress authorized it.

Step-by-step explanation:

The decision by the Supreme Court was taken on June 29th 2006, the case was simple the deteinees at Guantanamo bay couldn´t be trialed by a military comission just because, they needed could do it only if they had authorization from congress, which to that time they didn´t have, so the supreme court ruled the trials unconstitutional untill the congress gave authorization.