“The Court’s decision will impede our nation’s ability to wage the War on Terror and reveals a frightening lack of understanding about the enemy that we face,” said Hensarling. “We are fighting a transitional network of terrorists with an ideology that calls for the death of Western civilization, not an army.  Congress will work with the President to reach an effective solution to this setback.”

The Supreme Court ruled that the Administration overstepped executive branch authority by ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees.   The case focused on Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who worked for Osama bin Laden, and spent four years in the U.S. prison in Cuba.