The D.C. Circuit has just released its redacted opinion in the case of Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, which it filed on October 14, 2011. The opinion is available here, and Lawfare has covered the case

Further to the exchange between myself and Steve Vladeck regarding Section 1031 of the SASC version of the NDAA FY '12, Raha Wala (Human Rights First) writes in with the following thoughtful comments and...

Two streams of detention-related legal argument came together at the Senate Judiciary Committee today, as AG Holder answered questions from Senator Graham.  Their colloquy blended the question of the fat...

Here's an interesting military commission development. The government has moved to disqualify counsel--and thus end the appeal--of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman Al Bahlul, whose military commission conviction ...

Following up on my last post regarding section 1031 of the NDAA FY 12 and the future of detention authority, I want to draw attention to what strikes me as a huge and looming issue--but one that is getti...

A response to Steve Vladeck's post on Section 1031 of the Senate version of the NDAA FY '12, which concerns detention authority under the 9/18/01 AUMF. 

Last week I noted that al-Nashiri has moved for an order compelling the government to state whether it would remand him to military detention for the duration of hostilities in the event of an acquittal....

The full Seventh Circuit has granted the government’s motion to rehear en banc Vance v. Rumsfeld, a suit by two U.S. citizens alleging that they were detained and tortured by U.S. forces in Iraq.

Judge Walton has released his unclassified opinion in Karim Bostan (ISN 975) v. Obama, denying Bostan's habeas petition (the decisions appears to have issued in classified form on October 12th). The gove...

Oral arguments in Lebron v. Rumsfeld took place before the Fourth Circuit on Wednesday.