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Khan Oral Argument Summary--Not!
Well, at least we learned something about fisheries. Following this morning's lengthy oral argument in Oceana, Inc. v. Locke, the D.C. Circuit had an oh-so-brief brief discussion of Khan v. Obama in ope... -
Oral Argument Preview in Khan v. Obama
On Friday morning the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in Khan v. Obama (Case No. -
Opening and Response Briefs Available for Suleiman v. Obama
The appellant's brief and government's brief are now available for Suleiman v. Obama, one of the Guantanamo habeas cases currently before the D.C. Circuit Court. -
Advocacy Group Proposes to Sue Drone Operators in the US
This press release story in the Miami Herald announces that the British advocacy group, Reprieve, is in the midst of developing a litigation strategy designed to stop the United States from conducting dr... -
Reply Brief Available in Khan v. Obama
The public version of Shawali Khan’s reply brief in Khan v. Obama (No. 10-5306), a Guantanamo habeas case currently pending before the D.C. Circuit, is now available. -
Sabin Willett on the Kiyemba Cert Denial
If a person can't be troubled to agree with me, the very least he can do is to write good prose. Man, oh man, can Sabin Willett write good prose! Willett, who represented the Uighurs in their Supreme Cou... -
What Title 18 Charges Could Have Been Brought Against al-Nashiri?
News that charges have been re-sworn against al-Nashiri in the military commission system has prompted commentary regarding which Title 18 offenses could have been brought had he been charged instead in ... -
Of Justice Breyer, Uighurs, the Left, and Judge Silberman
The other day, I expressed bewilderment at the intellectual convergence between the political Left and Judge Laurence Silberman over whether post-Boumediene litigation has left habeas an empty shell. -
Supreme Court Re-Lists Khadr v. Obama, a Petition Involving Judicial Deference to Executive Branch Predictive Judgments
One GTMO-related case—Khadr v. Obama (No. 10-751) remains pending before the Supreme Court at the certiorari stage, and it has just been re-listed for the first time (Kiyemba, in which the Court just den... -
Supreme Court Denies Cert. in Kiyemba
Today the Supreme Court denied cert. to the five Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo. -
The Latest New York Times Editorial
Two quick comments on today's New York Times editorial: First, the Times begins with a remarkable normative assertion: "In bringing justice to those accused of plotting the Sept. -
Parties Debate How Esmail Concurrence Supports the Kiyemba Cert. Petition
Today counsel for the five Kiyemba v. Obama petitioners who are seeking cert.
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