The United States has filed its appellate brief in the case of Al-Janko v.

Remember the Guantanamo detention case of Hentif v.

While some other stuff was going on yesterday, my friend Lindsay Harrison at Jenner & Block and I filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and in support of...

With Abraham Lincoln back in the news, the Federal Judicial Center has posted a series of neat documents about the suspension of habeas corpus and the Ex Parte Merryman case. Here's a brief history of th...

It is now available on the SSCI website.

David Nevin stands and says he recently received some documents--evidently copies of emails--regarding CAPT Welsh, our next witness, and his intended testimony on AE133.  The lawyer wants to read these b...

Michael Isikoff from NBC News has posted a copy of a 16-page DOJ "white paper" on the legality of targeted killings--especially vis-a-vis U.S. citizens.  The memo itself is here; story here. I'm sure lot...

The D.C.

As expected.  You'll find the three judge panel's one-page per curiam order here. From the order: Upon consideration of the supplemental briefs filed by the parties and, in particular, the supplemental ...

Here 'tis.  From the supplemental brief's "Summary of Argument" section:

...is available here.  In a nutshell: Hamdan II requires reversal of Bahlul’s convictions by military commission of providing material support for terrorism, conspiracy to commit war crimes, and solicita...