Publication
Jul 2004
This report summarizes the types of military tribunals that have functioned from the Revolutionary War to the present time, explaining the legislative enactments that have guided these tribunals and the judicial decisions that have reviewed their constitutionality. The author also discusses the concerns that military tribunals enable an administration to exercise all three powers of government - legislative, executive, and judicial - and that the concentration of those powers threatens individual rights and liberties.
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Author | Louis Fisher |
Series | US Congressional Research Service Reports |
Publisher | Congressional Research Service (CRS) |