WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to resume the war crimes trial of an Australian Guantanamo Bay prisoner this week without waiting for a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of these military tribunals.
The Supreme Court said last week it would decide whether President George W. Bush had the power to create the military commissions to put Guantanamo prisoners on trial for war crimes. The case before the high court involves Yemeni prisoner Salim Ahmed Hamdan. The justices could find the trials unconstitutional or endorse them as legal, among other possible outcomes.
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