3 hours ago by constitutional lawblogger

Former Guantanamo detainees cannot maintain their habeas claims against the U.S. government, Judge Richard Leon (D.D.C.) ruled in a  set of opinions released today (all duplicates of the linked opinion).  Judge Leon ruled the claims moot. Former detainees, all apparently in custody ...

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5 days ago by Marti Oakley

FROM JOHN WALLACE – NY DELEGATE We have just passed the half way mark for the Continental Congress of 2009. Here is what’s happening: Beyond Elections. Beyond Petitions. Beyond Tea Parties. ST. CHARLES, IL – The first time free people assembled as a Congress of the People for such a critical point i ...

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10 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the government will transfer ten Guantanamo detainees to the U.S. for trial. The government will try five Guantanamo detainees in the regular federal courts for their roles in the 9/11 attacks, and five other detainees in military commissions (recent ...

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32 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

The Supreme Court this week granted cert. in Kiyemba v. Obama, the habeas case of the Uighurs, the Chinese Muslims held now for over eight years at Guantanamo Bay. Some background: Judge Urbina (D.D.C.) ruledlast October on the Uighur's habeas petition that the government must release them into the ...

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33 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

The controversy over John Yoo's professorship at UC-Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) continues. The PBS News Hour aired a segment yesterday, available as mp3 audio, streaming video and transcript here. RR

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34 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

The American Constitution Society last week hosted an outstanding half-day symposium titled National Security & Human Rights: Progress, Problems and Possibilities. The link contains video and audio of the event. Here's the description: As the 5th anniversary of the Military Commissions Act approache ...

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39 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

The House of Representatives voted today to allow detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be tried in the United States. The bill, H.R. 2892, the Department of Homeland Security appropriation bill, Section 552, requires the Department to conduct a threat assessment for each detainee proposed to be transferre ...

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46 days ago by olcranky

The current administration is making a complete review of our strategy and position and prospects in Afghanistan to great public notice. It usually is best to consider such matters much more privately than is being done with this. The great decisions of WWII between Churchill and Roosevelt were made ...

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50 days ago by constitutional lawblogger

The New York Times today ran an excellent story by Scott Shane reviewing the challenges that the Obama administration faces in closing Guantanamo Bay and transferring or otherwise dealing with the remaining detainees, especially the Yemenis. The story highlights the case of Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a ...

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51 days ago by davidswanson

By David Swanson Remarks at http://whodecidesaboutwar.org conference. Who actually does: the media, weapons companies, the permanent government, presidents (including simply by decreeing a "war on terror", through misspending, lying, simply acting, signing treaties), political parties, culture (the ...

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