HOWEVER, another case heard by the court did address the exact same
substantive issue raised in Padilla and that ruling upheld habeas,
thus mooting the substantive issue in Padilla.

So, your characterisation was, to say the least, inaccurate.

The USSC handed America a great victory that day.

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Not when a citizen --any citizen-- is denied due process.

Padilla is the benchmark case because he is an American citizen arrested in
America at a time when the courts could operate freely.

Hamdi (the other case) was arrested in Afghanistan.

This issue alone is enough to toss Bush and his sorry crew.


Walt