Reid v. Covert

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Reid v. Covert
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued May 3, 1956 Reargued February 27, 1957 Decided June 10, 1957
Full case name	Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail v. Clarice Covert
Citations	354 U.S. 1 (more) 77 S. Ct. 1222; 1 L. Ed. 2d 1148; 1957 U.S. LEXIS 729
Holding
The military may not deprive American civilians of their Bill of Rights protections by trying them in a military tribunal.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Harold H. Burton Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan Jr. · Charles E. Whittaker
Case opinions
Plurality	Black, joined by Warren, Douglas, Brennan
Concurrence	Frankfurter
Concurrence	Harlan
Dissent	Clark, joined by Burton
Whittaker took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art. VI

Reid v. Covert, 354 U.S. 1 (1957), was a 6–2 landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court holding that United States citizen civilians outside of the territorial jurisdiction of the United States cannot be tried by a United States military tribunal, but instead retain the protections guaranteed by the United States Constitution, in this case, trial by jury. Additionally, a plurality of the Court also reaffirmed the president’s ability to enter into international executive agreements, though it held that such agreements cannot contradict federal law or the Constitution.