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Obama Administration Asserts Head of State Immunity for Rwanda President Paul Kagame
This belated report just in by slow boat: In a brief filed on August 29, the Justice Department asserted immunity on behalf of President of Rwanda Paul Kagame in an Alien Tort Statute suit brought agains... -
D.C. Circuit Argument in al-Zahrani
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on Thursday in the case of Al-Zahrani v. Rodriguez, which--believe it or not--is not a Guantanamo habeas case. -
More on Releasing the Legal Rationale for the Al-Aulaqi Strike
In the past couple of days, both Jack and I have called for greater transparency concerning the legal rationale for the drones program. -
Not Engaging With He Who Must Not Be Named
A senior administration lawyer involved in national security issues writes in with the following: I read the commentary by He Who Must Not Be Named On This Blog on the killing of Aulaqi, and while I unde... -
Letter from the Petitioner in Suleiman
On Tuesday, lawyers for Abdulrahman Abdou Abou Alghaith Suleiman filed this letter with the Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The letter replies to an ear... -
Geneva Convention Argument Rejected in Prosecution of Alleged Iraqi Insurgent
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A Comparative Look at Preventive Criminal Charges in the US and UK: The Latest Homegrown-but-Trained-Abroad Case
This past Sunday, police in Birmingham, England, made a series of arrests in connection with a "homegrown-but-trained-abroad" terrorism plot. Irfan Nasser and Irfan Khalid allegedly traveled to Pakistan... -
Government Requests Rehearing in Vance
The government has moved the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear en banc the Vance case, which last month allowed a suit to proceed against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld by U.S. citizen... -
Post-Argument Letter from the Government in Suleiman v. Obama
An update on the Suleiman case: on Friday, the government filed this letter, which sought to clarify the government's views of three issues that were raised at oral argument on September 16. First and m... -
Uthman Cert Petition
Uthman Abdul Rahim Mohammed Uthman, a Guantanamo habeas petitioner, has filed a cert petition, asking the Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit's March decision in his case. The cert petition presents... -
Another Cert Petition to Get Munaf and Kiyemba II Before the Justices
It comes in the case of Abdah and is available here, posing the following question: Whether, in a habeas corpus action, a Guantánamo detainee has a right to challenge his transfer to a foreign country on... -
Fourth Circuit Holds Tort Suits Against Military Contractors by Iraqis Alleging Abuse Preempted
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit announced decisions in Al Shimari v. CACI International and Al-Quraishi v. L-3 Services, Inc. Both cases involved tort suits brought by Iraqi civilians against U.S. military...
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