Fireworks finale

Law: The Supreme Court closely ruled on some explosive subjects, then adjourned for the summer | Jamie Dean

Salim Hamdan is likely the most jubilant prisoner in Guantanamo Bay. The former driver for Osama bin Laden hasn't won his release from the U.S. military prison in Cuba, but he has won something he many never have thought possible: a boost from the U.S. Supreme Court.

That same high court doled out a flurry of decisions, dealing mostly with crime or politics, the week before it began a three-month recess early this month.

A 5-3 majority ruled in favor of Hamdan in his case challenging the military tribunal system set up for trying accused enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay. Hamdan's attorney, Georgetown law professor Neal Katyal, said that when he told his client about the victory, a stunned Hamdan praised Allah three times.