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D.C. Circuit Issues Stay in Hatim v. Obama
This afternoon, Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Janice Rogers Brown, and Thomas B. Griffith of the D.C. Circuit filed a per curiam order granting the government’s motion to stay the district court’s July... -
Appellants File Reply Brief in Hatim v. Obama
The government has filed its reply in support of its July motion for a stay pending appeal in Hatim v. Obama. -
Agreeing---Sort Of---with Both Carrie and Steve on FISA
I find myself sympathetic to both Carrie and Steve on FISA oversight. -
E.D.N.Y. Grants Motion to Dismiss in Main Street Legal Services, Inc. v. National Security Council
Last Tuesday, Judge Vitaliano of the Eastern District of New York dismissed a FOIA suit seeking access to NSC records about the drone program. -
The Government Responds to Al Warafi's Petition for En Banc Review
Earlier today, the government filed its response to Guantanamo detainee Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi's petition for rehearing en banc before the D.C. -
Al Nusrah/Al Shabaab Supporters Brought to the US for Prosecution, and other Terrorism Prosecution News
Some interesting terrorism-prosecution developments over the past few days that are worth noting. United States v. Mohammed (S.D. Fla.) First, a pair of men (one leaving in Kenya, and the other--who hap... -
Order in Al-Nashiri on Past, Future Monitoring of GTMO Attorney-Client Meetings
Monday's ruling in United States v. -
Postwar: An Essay on Whether the Armed-Conflict Model Still Matters
"Does it really matter, from a legal perspective, whether the U.S. -
Appellant Brief Filed in Aamer v. Obama
Three Guantanamo detainees filed their opening brief yesterday in Aamer v. Obama. Shaker Aamer, Nabil Hadjarab and Ahmed Belbacha are appealing the D.C. District Court’s denial of their motions for a pre... -
An Update in the GTMO Counsel Access Case in the D.C. Circuit
Two developments in Hatim et al. v. Obama et al., the D.C. Circuit case regarding JTF-GTMO's detainee access procedures for defense counsel: one, the filing of additional briefing regarding the stay of a... -
Oral Argument in GTMO Hunger Strike Case Scheduled in D.C. Circuit
The D.C. Circuit today scheduled oral argument in Aamer v. Obama, a Guantanamo hunger strike case. (The court recently refused to the petitioners' request for an emergency injunction against forced-feed... -
ATS/TVPA Suit Against Drummond Dismissed in Alabama
In one of the first lower court decisions since the Supreme Court's somewhat opaque decision in Kiobel in June, a court in the Northern District of Alabama last week dismissed a suit brought under the Al...
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