In case you missed this . . .yesterday, a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals reversed District Judge John Bates’s ruling on the right of detainees held at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The opinion of the court in Fadi Maqaleh v. Robert Gates can be found …
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May 22, 2010 # 10:26 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentBreaking News: Supreme Court rejects life terms for juveniles that have not killed anyone
May 17, 2010 # 10:23 am # Human Rights, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentThe AP reports:
The Supreme Court has ruled that teenagers may not be locked up for life without chance of parole if they haven’t killed anyone.
By a 5-4 vote Monday, the court says the Constitution requires that young people serving life sentences must at least be considered for release.
The court ruled in the case of Terrance Graham, who was implicated in …
Obama Administration defends the relevance of international law to detention authority
May 15, 2010 # 10:08 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentIn case you missed this, in a brief submitted to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, May 13, the Obama Administration made an important statement about the applicability of the laws of war to the on-going “war on terror.” In Al-Bihani v. Obama, the D.C. Circuit upheld the decision of the District Court denying Al-Bihani’s petition for a …
Elena Kagan: Professors Stephen Bainbridge and Paul Campos discuss her nomination on NPR
May 11, 2010 # 11:53 am # Supreme Court # No CommentMy dear friend UCLA Law Professor Steve Bainbridge and Professor Paul Campos of the University of Colorado Law School discuss the nomination of Elena Kagan on NPR. I think Steve clearly has the better of this discussion.
Video: Obama nominates Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court
May 10, 2010 # 7:46 pm # Supreme Court # No CommentThe White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 10, 2010
Remarks by the President and Solicitor General Elena Kagan at the Nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court
East Room
10:02 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, hello, hello! Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you very much. Everybody, please have a seat.
Good morning, everybody. Of the many responsibilities accorded to a President …
Breaking News: Elena Kagan reportedly to be nominated to be on the Supreme Court
May 9, 2010 # 10:27 pm # Supreme Court # No CommentThe Washington Post is reporting tonight:
President Obama plans to nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be the 112th justice of the Supreme Court, a source said late Sunday night.
Kagan, 50, the former dean of Harvard Law School, would become the fourth woman to serve on the high court; if confirmed, it would mean that three women would serve on the …
Shahzad and the Constitution: Why Professor Bainbridge is correct
May 6, 2010 # 1:12 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, International Organizations, Supreme Court # No CommentMy dear friend (for almost forty-years!), UCLA Law Professor Stephen Bainbridge has recently taken on many the unfortunate claims that the so-called Times Square Bomber, Faisal Shahzad, should not be given his Constitutional rights. Here is his most recent post, which I re-post in its entirety, lest it lose its full effect:
Why not just torture the SOB?
The WSJ editorial board …
Ambassador Michael Sheehan on “The Terrorist Next Door”
May 5, 2010 # 9:33 am # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, International Law, Supreme Court # No CommentIn case you missed it, Michael A. Sheehan had an excellent op-ed in the New York Times earlier this week on the challenge of “home grown” and “lone wolf” terrorism. Ambassador Sheehan served as the US Coordinator for Counterterrorism during the Clinton Administration and was Deputy Commissioner for Counterterrorism with the New York City Police– and, I might add, a …
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