Before the Court
The Justices Weigh in During Oral Arguments
At 10:01 a.m. on December 5, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for cases number 06–1195, Lakhdar Boumediene, et al. v. George W. Bush, et al., and number 06–1196, Khaled A.F. Al Odah, Next Friend of Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Fahad Al Odah, et al. v. United States of America, et al. At 11:24 a.m., arguments concluded and the cases were submitted for judgment. Following are excerpts from the arguments of Seth P. Waxman, counsel of record for Lakhdar Boumediene, et al., and Paul D. Clement, U.S. Solicitor General. Questions are presented from the nine Supreme Court Justices. Argument…
