Speaking of Al Warafi, I promised after the oral argument a few weeks back that I would reality-check my summary of the argument on a key point against the transcript of the argument when one became avai...

Ever since the D.C. Circuit last week handed down its per curiam opinionlet in Al Warafi, I have been puzzling over this brief, unpublished order. I have begun to think it may be more important that I in...

Yesterday, I drew attention to the mindless House amendment designed to zero out funding for State Department efforts to resettle Guantanamo detainees. I have  a proposed name for this amendment: The Let...

The deadline for a notice of appeal of Judge Bates' ruling in Al Aulaqi came and went a few weeks back with no filing from the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights.

In just over two weeks following oral argument, the D.C. Circuit today issued its opinion in Al Warafi v. Obama.

As Ben notes below, Steve Vladeck objects to the Circuit's recent ruling in Hatim insofar as that decision suggests that the Circuit has held that detention may be predicated on provision of material sup...

* Alsabri v. Obama (D.D.C. Feb.

The D.C. Circuit's 113-pages of non-opinion this week, in which it declined to rehear en banc an earlier panel decision in the Al Bihani case, warrants reflection at a number of levels.