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Wide shot of Supreme Court2. Cutaway statute in front of Supreme Court3. Undated photograph of Salim Ahmed HamdanWashington, DC - 27 March 2006 4. Set up shots of Lt. Commander Charles Swift at forum5. SOUNDBITE...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eWashington, DC - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of Supreme Court\u003cbr/\u003e2. Cutaway statute in front of Supreme Court\u003cbr/\u003e3. Undated photograph of Salim Ahmed Hamdan\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 27 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e4. Set up shots of Lt. Commander Charles Swift at forum\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, representing Hamdan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Our fundamental argument is that a state of war, no matter how dangerous, is not a blank cheque to the President to do whatever he seeks and whenever he seeks against whoever he chooses.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 19 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up President George W. Bush walking on South Lawn of White House\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba \u003cbr/\u003e7. Exterior view of Camp Delta\u003cbr/\u003e8. Various views of detainees behind fences\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 27 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, representing Hamdan:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Principles matter in the unpopular cases. In the popular cases it is easy to follow your fundamental principles. It's in these cases that are unpopular, that's where our fundamental principles show through.\"  \u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide and close-up Supreme Court justices \u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 23 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"One of the more interesting dimensions is that Chief Justice Roberts will not be able to vote - so it is possible we could see a tie here because the newest justice Sam Alito can vote. Sam Alito is viewed as perhaps the most pro-government justice on the court - so he will likely vote for President Bush.\"\u003cbr/\u003eFile - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba \u003cbr/\u003e12. Zoom in of military court building\u003cbr/\u003e13. Interior views of military court tribunals\u003cbr/\u003e14. Various of sketches of Hamdan's first appearance before the military tribunal\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC - 23 March 2006 \u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The case has a number of very fundamental questions. You know the questions involve the enforceability of the Geneva Convention in cases like this, the power of the President to essentially create his own legal system and also whether these military tribunal proceedings are a mockery. Many trial judges have basically found that they are. Transcripts from these hearings would be comical if they weren't so serious.\" \u003cbr/\u003eFile - Guantanamo Bay, Cuba \u003cbr/\u003e16. Exterior view of detention camp, close-up barbed wire\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various views detainees and US troops outside wire fence\u003cbr/\u003eThe United States Supreme Court will once again review the issue of US President George W. Bush's wartime powers in a landmark hearing this Tuesday, in a case in which Osama bin Laden's former driver is seeking to head off a trial before a military tribunal.\u003cbr/\u003eDepending on the outcome, which is not expected until July, the ability of the president to issue far-reaching decrees could be curbed.\u003cbr/\u003eAt stake is more than whether Salim Ahmed Hamdan, after nearly four years at the Navy prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, goes on trial for war crimes before a special military commission.\u003cbr/\u003eAnalysts say if the high court rejects Bush's plan to hold such trials, it could rein in the president's expanded powers in pursuing and punishing suspected terrorists.\u003cbr/\u003eHamdan's appointed attorney, Lieutenant Commander Charles Swift, told AP Television the day before the hearing that his client wants a fair trial, and the only way to get it is to clarify the President's powers.\u003cbr/\u003eHamdan was one of hundreds of people captured during the 2001 US-led war that drove the ruling Taliban from power in Afghanistan. \u003cbr/\u003eThe native of Yemen denies that he is a terrorist and claims he took the driving job to provide for his young family.\u003cbr/\u003eLieutenant Commander Swift says that he knows the public may have a predilection against Guantanamo detainees tagged as terrorists by the government, that it is important to protect fundamental principles of a fair system.\u003cbr/\u003eHamdan's appeal, set for arguments on Tuesday, is one of the biggest cases of the court's current term, the first for Chief Justice John Roberts. \u003cbr/\u003eChief Justice Roberts will not, however, participate because he was on an appeals court that ruled against Hamdan last year. \u003cbr/\u003eIt is that ruling that the Supreme Court now is reviewing.\u003cbr/\u003eIf the high court splits four to four, that ruling would remain in place.\u003cbr/\u003eHamdan's hope may be two rulings in 2004 in which the justices rejected the president's claim of authority to seize and detain terrorism suspects while indefinitely denying them access to courts or lawyers.\u003cbr/\u003eJustice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote at the time that \"a state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe moderate O'Connor has been replaced by a Bush appointee, Samuel Alito, who could play a prominent role in the Hamdan case. \u003cbr/\u003eAs a former Reagan administration lawyer he could be sympathetic to White House arguments.\u003cbr/\u003eHamdan is one of about 490 prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay as what the administration terms as enemy combatants.\u003cbr/\u003eOnly 10 of them have been charged with a crime.\u003cbr/\u003eThe importance of the Hamdan case is illustrated by the dozens of filings on both sides.\u003cbr/\u003eProfessor Jonathan Turley says the issues the hearings will address are complex, with claims based on the Constitution, federal laws 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