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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...
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Thanks to his "sur-reply", I finally understand the premise of Peter Margulies’s argument—and his amicus brief—in al Bahlul with regard to why the en banc D.C. Circuit can affirm Bahlul’s conspiracy conv...
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That's the essence of yesterday's order from the D.C. Circuit.
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At last week’s Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, advocates of closing Guantanamo, such as chairman Dick Durbin and Human Rights First president Elisa Massimino, talked about how to close Guantanamo:...
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Kevin’s most recent posts (here and here) continue to demonstrate his seriousness and salutary concern for defendants’ rights; the same is true for Steve. However, Kevin and Steve's posts don’t undermin...
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There's a lot to say about Peter Margulies' reply to my and Kevin Heller's criticisms of the "former government officials'" amicus brief in al Bahlul--the military commission appeal currently pending bef...
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The White House announcement on Friday that the Defense Department plans to transfer two Algerian detainees held at Guantanamo to Algeria represents the most recent action in a long series of efforts by ...
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In recent posts both on Lawfare and at Opinio Juris, Steve and Kevin Jon Heller (here and here) sharply critiqued the brief that Jim Schoettler and I filed on Thursday for Former
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So says this White House press release:
Statement by the Press Secretary on Guantanamo Bay
As the President has said, the United States remains determined to close the detention facility at Guantanamo B...
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Cora Currier at Pro Publica has an important story on why DOD won’t publish the list of AUMF “associated forces” against whom we are at war. DOD’s rationale:
A Pentagon spokesman told ProPublica that re...
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Raff already flagged yesterday's filing of an amicus brief in support of the government in the Al Bahlul military commission appeal before the en banc D.C. Circuit by "former government officials, former...