The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Guantánamo Bay detainees have a right to challenge their imprisonment in federal courts, in another rebuff to the Bush administration's effort to keep detainee cases under military control and away from review by U.S. judges.

"The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system they are reconciled within the framework of the law."