: "WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that U.S. President George W. Bush has the power to detain Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen who has been held for more than three years as a suspected enemy combatant without any charges being brought against him.
'The exceedingly important question before us is whether the president of the United States possesses the authority to detain militarily a citizen of this country who is closely associated with al Qaeda,' appeals court Judge J. Michael Luttig wrote for the three-judge panel.
'We conclude that the president does possess such authority,' said Luttig, a conservative who has been under consideration by the Bush administration for a possible Supreme Court nomination."
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