At this hour, the military commissions chief prosecutor, Brigadier General Mark Martins, is giving the following address at Knox College: Brigadier General Mark Martins Commencement Address Knox College...

Waaaay back in January, Ben noted that Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani had filed his opening brief in his appeal to the Second Circuit. Ghailani is appealing his conspiracy conviction and life sentence for his ro...

I haven't read these yet, but here is the government's supplemental brief in Hedges, and the transcript of the  hearing in the district court. I'll have comments on them, if appropriate, once I've had a ...

We noted last week that the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul's petition for an initial hearing in that court en banc.

The unofficial transcript from May 3rd's oral argument in Hamdan v. USA in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals before Chief Circuit Judge David Sentelle and Circuit Judges Douglas Ginsburg and Brett Kavana...

I've blogged before about al-Shimari v. CACI International, and the larger question of whether state law tort claims may be brought against government contractors arising out of their support of military...

I only just noticed this new report by Mark Denbeaux, Jonathan Hafetz, and an extensive list of others at the Seton Hall University School of Law, entitled "No Hearing Habeas: D.C. Circuit Restricts Mean...

It is surprising to me that neither the Washington Post nor the New York Times nor the Wall Street Journal has yet to run an editorial reacting to John Brennan’s extensive and thoughtful speech on drones...

Abdul-Rahman Suleiman's petition for rehearing en banc in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has been denied, as has his petition for rehearing. Read our prior coverage here.

Last week we mentioned that the D.C. Circuit Court had affirmed the District Court's decision in Mashur Abdullah Muqbel Alsabri's habeas corpus case. It looked as though the Court was holding off on publ...

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a district court decision allowing Jose Padilla to sue John Yoo. Writing for a unanimous panel consisting of himself, 9th Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith, and R...