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Appellant's Brief in Nashiri v. MacDonald
Remember Nashiri v. MacDonald? That's the civil lawsuit that Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammed Al-Nashiri, a defendant in a military commission case at Guantanamo, brought against Bruce MacDonald, the commi... -
What <i>Hedges</i> Could Have Said...
Based on the voluminous media and blog coverage of last week's decision in Hedges v. Obama, in which Judge Forrest permanently enjoined at least part of the detention provision of the FY2012 NDAA [sectio... -
Hedges on Hedges: We Won-for Now
Chris Hedges yesterday put out this op-ed about the case bearing his name---in which, as doubtless you know by now, a district judge recently enjoined the enforcement of Section 1021(b)(2) of the NDAA. ... -
Stay You, Stay Me: CA2 Enters Interim Stay Order in Hedges
Circuit judge Raymond Lohier has granted the Justice Department's request for an interim stay of the permanent injunction in Hedges, pending the Second Circuit's consideration of the government's motion ... -
Rehearing Petition in Obaydullah
Obaydullah, a Guantanamo detainee, today asked the D.C. Circuit to take up his case once more. A three judge panel of that court earlier affirmed the denial of Obaydullah's petition for a writ of habeas... -
Staying on Top of the Stay in Hedges
More on the government's ongoing effort to stay the district court's entry of permanent injunctive relief in Hedges v. Obama: it appears that the government's initial motion before Judge Forrest was for ... -
U.S. Files Suggestion of Immunity for Former Mexican President Zedillo
On September 7, the Justice Department filed a Suggestion of Immunity on behalf of former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo in a suit against Zedillo under the Alien Tort Statute and Torture Victim Prote... -
The FAA and the Lawfare Drone Smackdown
Little did Ritika know, when she wrote about the case of the missing drone over Washington the other day, that she would precipitate a legal crisis for the Lawfare Drone Smackdown. But her post went a bi... -
DOJ to SDNY: Stay Hedges Pending Appeal. SDNY: Nope.
That's the read out from yesterday, in the Hedges case. Here's the government's interim request to Judge Forrest, to stay her permanent injunction during the government's appeal to the Second Circuit. -
David Remes on <em>Hedges</em>
David Remes---who, in addition to representing several Guantanamo detainees, is a member of the plaintiffs' legal team in Hedges v. Obama---sent in this note yesterday: The debate on this blog about Jud... -
Raha Wala on <em>Hedges</em>---And My Response
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with the following response to my comments on Hedges. My thoughts follow his critique and very-cautious defense of Judge Forrest: Ben’s post on Judge Forrest’s o... -
Government's Notice of Appeal in Hedges
Well that sure didn't take long [h/t: emptywheel].
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