From The Heritage Foundation and The Federalist Society:
National Security
“Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer”: Internment of Enemy Aliens in the Present Conflict
by Theodore M. Cooperstein
Federalist Society
June 21, 2011
Engage
United States law, in accordance with customary international law, has since 1798 permitted the internment or restriction of enemy aliens found within the United States during time of international conflict or war. The U.S. has applied this law in every declared war since the law’s enactment. Application of this law and related precedent to the present conflict (sometimes known as the Global War on Terror) permits the detention or restriction of aliens known or suspected of links to foreign terrorist organizations. In light of the U.S.’ ongoing debates over the detention of combatants in Guantanamo Bay—as well as the question whether to try them in military or civilian settings, if at all—this statute presents a secure alternative to the outright release of the detainees, or to their introduction into the civilian criminal justice system. Established law and precedent thereby affords a further option to address this thorny problem.
URL: www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20110603_CoopersteinEngage12.1.pdf
National Security
“Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer”: Internment of Enemy Aliens in the Present Conflict
by Theodore M. Cooperstein
Federalist Society
June 21, 2011
Engage
United States law, in accordance with customary international law, has since 1798 permitted the internment or restriction of enemy aliens found within the United States during time of international conflict or war. The U.S. has applied this law in every declared war since the law’s enactment. Application of this law and related precedent to the present conflict (sometimes known as the Global War on Terror) permits the detention or restriction of aliens known or suspected of links to foreign terrorist organizations. In light of the U.S.’ ongoing debates over the detention of combatants in Guantanamo Bay—as well as the question whether to try them in military or civilian settings, if at all—this statute presents a secure alternative to the outright release of the detainees, or to their introduction into the civilian criminal justice system. Established law and precedent thereby affords a further option to address this thorny problem.
URL: www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20110603_CoopersteinEngage12.1.pdf
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