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16 Magna Carta Presentation Notes.notebook 1 November 12, 2015 No person, not even the king, is above the law.
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No person, not even the king, is above the law.
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• Read the handout
• On your own answer questions 1 & 2
Individual Task
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The prisoners in Guantanamo Bay who are suspected terrorists, predominantly apprehended in Afghanistan and Iraq, were being held under military prisoner status, which meant they were not granted due process, which is a right belonging to all citizens of the USA, a recent Supreme Court decision decided that the prisoners were on American soil (although in Cuba, it is property of the USA‐therefore considered our soil), so they were in fact, entitled to due process, it won by the narrow 5‐4 decision (Justice Kennedy was the determining vote)
BOUMEDIENE et al. v. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, et al.
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Should the Magna Carta stand with The Declaration and Constitution, as one of OUR most important documents?
An original copy of the Magana Carta is Displayed along side the Declaration and Constitution at the National Archives in Washington D.C.
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In Your Group Answer the Questions:
1. What events in the United States or other nations can you identify in which one or more of the rights in the Magna Carta have either been upheld or violated? Explain.
2. Should “due process of law be granted to all individuals” (Magna Article 39), even those that the United States classifies as “an immediate terrorist threat” (those in Guantanamo Bay). Why/why not?
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