The military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp are illegal because they lack the protections that are required by the Geneva Conventions and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Decided June 29, 2006 (argued March 28, 2006). Opinion of the Court: Stevens (Parts I through IV, VI through VI–D–iii, VI–D–v, and VII) Dissenting: Scalia, Thomas, Alito. Topic: Detention of terrorism suspects. Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548 U.S. 557 (2006), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp violated both the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Geneva Conventions ratified by the U.S. Wiki link