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Document: U.S. Citizen Detained as Enemy Combatant Requests ACLU Representation in Habeas Proceeding
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a brief in D.C. federal district court saying the U.S. citizen that the Defense Department is holding in military detention wants the ACLU to represent... -
The Year in Review: Counterterrorism
U.S. national security suffered in 2017. Russia is running amok, allies are losing faith in American security and prosperity commitments, and the liberal order is in crisis. Surrounding these clouds, how... -
Document: District Court Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis that, among other things, denies the Defense Department's motion to d... -
Last Week in the Military Commissions, 12/4-12/8: Was There an Armed Conflict Pre-9/11?
Last week, the military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al., which relates to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, convened for the first time in several weeks for hearings and testimony ... -
ACLU v. Mattis and the Citizen Enemy Combatant in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
On Dec. 11, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments in ACLU v. Mattis on the question whether the ACLU should be permitted to represent a United States citizen who i... -
Updates from the Military Commissions, 11/17: Attorney-Client Confidentiality and the Duty to Withdraw
On Nov. 17, 2017, the military commission in United States v. al-Nashiri reconvened for the purpose of receiving testimony from Professor Ellen Yaroshefsky, an ethics advisor to defendant’s learned couns... -
Choosing Between Federal Prosecution and Deportation
The legal and political debate over immigration detainers usually concerns the demands that the federal government makes of local law enforcement. -
The Taste of Crow: Okay, I’m Alarmed Now
More than two months ago, I wrote a piece counseling against panic in the case of the John Doe U.S. citizen detainee being held by the military in Iraq. Steve Vladeck responded that I was being complacen... -
Children of the Caliphate: Victims or Threat?
Editor’s Note: Of the many horrible things the Islamic State has done, one of the worst is its indoctrination of children and use of them in its gruesome deeds. The children are both victims and perpetra... -
An al-Qaeda Setback in Syria?
Unheralded amid the recent political chaos in Washington and upheavals in the Middle East was a potential bit of good news: revelations that the al-Qaeda core’s split from its Syrian affiliate did not re... -
Tier III Terrorist Designations: The Trump Administration and Courts Move in Opposite Directions
President Trump has vowed “to keep radical Islamic terrorists the hell out of our country.” While new mutations of his travel ban grind slowly through the courts, the president may take solace in one far... -
ACLU v. Mattis and Constructive Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. Mattis is a would-be habeas corpus petition brought by the ACLU Foundation on behalf of an unnamed American citizen whom the U.S. government has been holding ...
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