# Rasul v. Bush **Status: stub — expand.** Vote counts to be verified against Oyez before they are stated here. The Court held that the **federal habeas statute** reached foreign nationals held at Guantánamo Bay, distinguishing [[Johnson v. Eisentrager]] on the ground that the United States exercises complete jurisdiction and control over the base even without formal sovereignty. Decided the same day as [[Hamdi v. Rumsfeld]]. A **statutory** holding, not a constitutional one — which is precisely why Congress was able to answer it with the [[Detainee Treatment Act]] the following year, and why the fight had to be refought on constitutional ground in [[Boumediene v. Bush]]. ## See Also - [[Habeas Corpus Timeline]] · [[Habeas Corpus]] · [[Suspension Clause]]