Security vs. Liberty
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This detention facility serves as the primary setting of The Mauritanian
What is Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp?
This case ruled that military commissions established by the Bush administration violated federal law.
What is Hamdan v. Rumsfeld?
This body of law governs relations among nations and international organizations
What is international law?
This country was invaded by the United States in 2001 because it was providing a safe haven to Al-Qaeda
What is Afghanistan?
Supporters of expanded security measures often cite this government responsibility
What is protecting national security?
This treatment of detainees became a major legal and ethical controversy in The Mauritanian
What is torture (enhanced interrogation)?
This case determined that federal courts had jurisdiction to hear Guantanamo detainee petitions
What is Rasul v. Bush?
The United States often works with allies through international agreements known as these
What are treaties?
This federal department was created in 2002 to coordinate domestic security efforts
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This constitutional debate after 9/11 often centered on balancing these two values
What are security and liberty?
This legal principle guarantees a person's right to fair treatment through the judicial system
What is due process?
This Supreme Court case held that constitutional habeas corpus protections extended to detainees at Guantanamo Bay
What is Boumediene v. Bush?
International law helps nations cooperate in pursuing these individuals across borders
Who are terrorists, war criminals, and human traffickers?
This terrorist organization carried out the September 11 attacks
What is Al-Qaeda?
Critics argue that sacrificing too much liberty in the name of security threatens this democratic value
What is individual freedom?
The film argues that denying due process can undermine this foundational American principle
What is the rule of law?
These cases collectively demonstrated the Court's willingness to place limits on executive power
What are the Guantanamo detainee cases?
These agreements establish standards for the treatment of prisoners during armed conflict
What are the Geneva Conventions?
One major criticism of the War on Terror is that emergency powers intended to be temporary became this
What is permanent
a constitutional protection found in Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution that allows individuals to challenge unlawful detention before a judge
What is habeas corpus?
The film raises questions about whether national security concerns should outweigh these constitutional protections
What are civil liberties?
This constitutional principle prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is separation of powers?
Critics of some post-9/11 policies argued that certain detention and interrogation practices violated these international standards
What are human rights and humanitarian law?
Congress passed this legislation shortly after 9/11 authorizing force against those responsible for the attacks
What is the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)?