Supreme Court rejects Padilla appeal - Yahoo! News

Supreme Court rejects Padilla appeal - Yahoo! News: "By James Vicini Mon Apr 3, 1:09 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The
U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by terrorism suspect Jose Padilla and avoided deciding whether
President George W. Bush can order Americans captured in the United States to be held in military jails without criminal charges or a trial.
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By a 6-3 vote, the high court refused to hear Padilla's appeal. He was confined in a military brig in South Carolina for more than three years after Bush designated him an 'enemy combatant.'

The court's action does not amount to a ruling on the merits in the high-profile terrorism case and does not create any national precedent."