在亚瑟尔·哈姆迪一案中，高院拒绝了布什政府关于军方可以将美国公民作为"敌方战士"无限期拘押的要求。 这种拘押方式从不给被拘押者在中立的裁定者面前为自己被拘押的罪名进行申辩的权利。
In the case of Yaser Hamdi, the court renounced the Administration's claim that military authorities could indefinitely hold a U.S. citizen as an "enemy combatant" without ever providing him with an opportunity to contest the basis for his detention before a neutral decision maker.