Guantanamo detainees in the courts

An interesting decision by U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green just announced will not be the final word. This one will probably go all the way up to the Supreme Court. But the logic here seems to make sense. You lawyers out there will have to inform me about the applicability of the 5th Ammendment to non-citizens.

Although this nation unquestionably must take strong action under the leadership of the commander in chief to protect itself against enormous and unprecedented threats, that necessity cannot negate the existence of the most basic fundamental rights for which the people of this country have fought and died for well over two hundred years...

In sum, there can be no question that the Fifth Amendment right asserted by the Guantanamo detainees in this litigation -- the right not to be deprived of liberty without due process of law -- is one of the most fundamental rights recognized by the U.S. Constitution.