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On May 7, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that the United States cannot forcibly transfer an American ISIS suspect being held in Iraq to another country without first proving that he is an enemy combatant. The decision has significant implications for wartime presidential power, as well as for individual citizenship rights. The case is Doe v. Mattis.<\/em><\/p>\n

The suspect, a \u201cJohn Doe,\u201d is a U.S. and Saudi Arabian dual citizen currently in the custody of the U.S. military in Iraq. The U.S. government argues that it has the authority to forcibly transfer Doe to another country and relies on two lines of reasoning to support that claim. In the first line of reasoning, the government marshals Supreme Court precedent from Munaf v. Green <\/em>and Wilson v. Girard <\/em>to suggest that, once a citizen leaves U.S. territory, the Executive can forcibly transfer him to any country that possesses a \u201clegitimate sovereign interest\u201d in him. In the second line of reasoning, the government notes that executive power generally expands during time of war, and thus the executive is afforded greater discretion in the war-time prosecution of enemy combatants.<\/p>\n

While the D.C. Circuit acknowledges that the Executive is afforded broader deference in war-time prosecution, it notes that Doe\u2019s status as an American citizen complicates matters. The D.C. Circuit\u2019s opinion relies primarily on the Supreme Court ruling in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (2004).<\/em> In Hamdi<\/em>, the Supreme Court ruled that, before the Executive can forcibly transfer a U.S. citizen as an enemy combatant, it must give him the opportunity to contest the government\u2019s assertion that he is an enemy combatant before a neutral arbiter. \u201cThe Hamdi <\/em>Court believed it \u2018unlikely\u2019 that its decision would have a \u201cdire impact on the central functions of warmaking.\u201d 542 U.S. at 534. At the same time, the Court thought it \u2018vital\u2019 that it \u2018not give short shrift to the values that this country holds dear or to the privilege that is American citizenship,\u2019\u201d the D.C. circuit\u2019s opinion reads. \u201cWe follow the Court\u2019s guidance today.\u201d<\/p>\n

See the opinion below.<\/p>\nUnsealed_opinion_barring_transfer_5.9.18<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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