One for the Constitution

The detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in American civilian courts according to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Boston Globe reported.

The prisoners are being kept there as part of President Bush's policy of holding terrorist suspects indefinitely without charge.

Many believe the 5-to-4 ruling will bring on a barrage of hearings of the roughly 260 men who have been detained for years without trial or formal charges, according to the Globe.

The U.S. government must now provide evidence against the detained men that proves they are a threat to national security or release them.