Yaser Hamdi, a U.S. citizen seized on the battlefield in Afganistan two years ago and imprisoned ever since in a military brig in South Carolina, will have his case heard by the Supreme Court. The Court is being asked to determine if Hamdi's detention is illegal.

Yaser Esam Hamdi is being held in a naval brig in South Carolina, without access to attorneys and without charges being filed against him. "The man's been locked up for two years," said Frank W. Dunham Jr., a federal public defender who filed the appeal on his behalf. "He wants an opportunity to be heard in court. It goes right to the heart of our liberties."

Dunham told justices in a filing that the appeals court not only "embraced an unchecked executive power to indefinitely detain American citizens suspected of being affiliated with enemies, but it also abandoned procedural safeguards designed to promote truth and fairness."

We're told the brief in support of his Petition is outstanding. You can read it here.