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Discovering Deference: The Rahmatullah Climb-Down
It is always an awkward spectacle when a court has to climb down, having issued an opinion that it has no real power to effectuate. That's what has now happened in the British Court of Appeals in the cas... -
SCOTUS Cert Petition Filed in Al Kandari
Fayiz Mohammad Al Kandari, a Guantanamo detainee, has filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in his habeas case. This comes after the D.C. Circuit denied his petition for en banc review in late Januar... -
NACDL Ethics Advisory Committee Opinion on mail review
This just in: the Office of Chief Defense Counsel in the Military Commissions asked the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' Ethics Advisory Committee for an advisory opinion on whether defe... -
Ben's Two <i>Al-Zahrani</i> Questions
Ben's two questions in response to my post yesterday on the D.C. -
A Question for Steve on Zahrani
Steve is quite right that yesterday's decision in Al Zahrani is no surprise. -
Readings: Eric De Brabandere on Corporations in the International Legal System
With the Supreme Court scheduled to hear arguments over corporate liability in the Alien Tort Statute later this month, this short book chapter makes for a good, useful read. Dr. Eric De Brabandere is a... -
The Subtle New (Constitutional) Holding in <i>Al-Zahrani</i>
Given Ben's report on the oral argument, today's fairly cryptic D.C. Circuit opinion in al-Zahrani v. Rodriguez, throwing out a damages suit arising out of the deaths of several inmates at Guantanamo, is... -
The Criminal Complaint in the Case of the Would-Be DC Suicide Bomber
The complaint against Amine El Khalifi is posted here. What follows is the description from DOJ’s press release: WASHINGTON – A 29 year-old man residing in Alexandria, Va., was arrested today for all... -
Douglas Cox on Alsabri
Over at the Document Exploitation blog, Douglas Cox of the CUNY Law School has this very interesting post on redactions in the Alsabri Guantanamo habeas case--which was decided at the District Court leve... -
Justice Department Memo on Al Aulaqi and Abdulmutallab
Very interesting Washington Post article on this sentencing memorandum filed by the Justice Department in the Abdulmutallab case. -
Detainee Defense Counsel Files Complaint Over Woods Correspondence Order
There apparently hasn't been any press about this yet, but there's a new lawsuit filed over Rear Admiral David Woods' order last year requiring all attorney-client communications at Guantanamo to be rev... -
Al-Madhwani Reply Brief
The reply brief in support of certiorari in Al-Madhwani v. Obama has been filed. We earlier posted Al Madhwani’s cert petition and the government's opposition to cert.
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