After reading Issue 1, pp. 15-25 in Katsh (“Should Persons Who Are Declared to Be ‘Enemy Combatants’ Be Able to Contest Their Detention Before a Judge?”), do some research online about the writ of habeas corpus. What is thewrit of habeas corpus? How is it important in Hamdi’s case? What competing moral, ethical or philosophical interests are at stake in this case? You may also consider Boumediene v. Bush regarding foreign nationals at http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/06-1195.ZS.html