Al-Asadi v. Bush/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Al-Asadi v. Bush.

In 2006 the US Congress tried to strip individuals held in Guantanamo of the right to file habeas corpus petitions. This petition was one of the first filed, in 2008, after the US Supreme Court restored that right to them