Habeas lawyer David Remes writes in to defend the New York Times's use of 19-to-0 as the government's win-loss record before the D.C. Circuit in habeas cases. He makes, to be honest, a better case than I...

Just in time for the weekend, here's the latest in Mingazov. As I noted yesterday, Ravil Mingazov posted his response in opposition to the government's motion to remand his case back to the District Cour...

Congratulations to Scott L. Silliman and William B. Pollard III, both of whom the Senate last night confirmed to be judges of the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review.  Both men must formally be swor...

There has been some movement in the long-stalled Mingazov case—one of the Guantanamo habeas cases that’s still kicking around. Way back in December 2010, Larkin shared the government's brief in its appea...

Breaking: earlier today, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved its two pending nominees for judgeships on the Court of Military Commission Review - William Pollard, and Professor Scott L. Silliman...

This is a rather interesting 20 minutes of radio.

A few days ago, the New York Times editorial page made a remarkable claim: "In the 19 [Guantanamo habeas] appeals [the D.C. Circuit] has decided, the court has never allowed a prisoner to prevail." As I ...

One of the more obscure habeas cases of the last few years has been El Falesteny v. Obama.  The case's key documents were sealed, both on appeal to the D.C.

I actually don't have much to say, now that it's here, on the New York Times editorial on the detention case cert denials.

Kind of interesting that military commission defense lawyers insist that the defendants should be able to wear the clothes of their choice but that  female prosecutors should cover up.

[Update: Ben Weiser's coverage in the Times points out that real benefit of the plea for Ahmed of course was to avoid the firearms charge, which entailed a thirty year minimum.  Ben also confirms that Ju...

Steve's mention earlier that he was positively soft on the D.C. Circuit compared to the Times reminded me that we haven't seen any sign yet of the inevitable editorial bashing the justices for failing to...