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Chris Hedges yesterday put out this op-ed about the case bearing his name---in which, as doubtless you know by now, a district judge recently enjoined the enforcement of Section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA. ...
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Circuit judge Raymond Lohier has granted the Justice Department's request for an interim stay of the permanent injunction in Hedges, pending the Second Circuit's consideration of the government's motion ...
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Obaydullah, a Guantanamo detainee, today asked the D.C. Circuit to take up his case once more.
A three judge panel of that court earlier affirmed the denial of Obaydullah's petition for a writ of habeas...
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More on the government's ongoing effort to stay the district court's entry of permanent injunctive relief in Hedges v. Obama: it appears that the government's initial motion before Judge Forrest was for ...
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On September 7, the Justice Department filed a Suggestion of Immunity on behalf of former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in a suit against Zedillo under the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Prote...
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Little did Ritika know, when she wrote about the case of the missing drone over Washington the other day, that she would precipitate a legal crisis for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown. But her post went a bi...
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That's the read out from yesterday, in the Hedges case.
Here's the government's interim request to Judge Forrest, to stay her permanent injunction during the government's appeal to the Second Circuit.
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David Remes---who, in addition to representing several Guantanamo detainees, is a member of the plaintiffs' legal team in Hedges v. Obama---sent in this note yesterday:
The debate on this blog about Jud...
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Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following response to my comments on Hedges. My thoughts follow his critique and very-cautious defense of Judge Forrest:
Ben’s post on Judge Forrest’s o...
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Well that sure didn't take long [h/t: emptywheel].
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An attorney who was deeply involved in the Al Bihani litigation sent me the following note about my post on the Hedges decision:
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There are a lot of questions one could ask about yesterday’s order in Hedges, to put it mildly. I’ll limit myself to this one: exactly what is the scope of Judge Forrest’s permanent injunction? (Steve ...