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Although not relevant here, Scalia and Stevens dissented in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld. The majority issued a weak sauce opinion that admitted the possibility of detaining a U.S. citizen with some due process short of a trial under some circumstances. Scalia and Stevens pointed out that the government must try a US citizen in regular court unless it suspends habeus corpus.


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