Guilty as Ordered

This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its...

Bin Laden's driver found guilty in a split verdict

"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A jury of six U.S. military officers convicted Osama bin Laden's former driver of supporting terrorism but cleared him of conspiracy Wednesday in the first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay. A...

RI urged to be more active in settling Palestinian issue

"Sharing the idea with Hamdan is Broto Wardoyon, an observer of Middle East Affairs of the University of Indonesia, who said that Indonesia`s role in trying to settle the Palestinian peace issue should be further improved. "So far, Indonesia has only been giving moral...

Judge upholds detainee rights terror law

"WASHINGTON - A federal judge upheld the Bush administration's new terrorism law Wednesday, agreeing that Guantanamo Bay detainees do not have the right to challenge their imprisonment in U.S. courts. ADVERTISEMENT The ruling by U.S. District Judge James Robertson is the...

The significance of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (Glenn Greenwald/Unclaimed Territory)

"The significance of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld  —  (updated below)  —  The Supreme Court today, by a 5-3 decision (.pdf) in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, held that the Bush administration's military commissions at Guantanamo (a) exceed the president's legal...

Hamdan as a Democracy-Forcing Decision (Balkinization)

"Hamdan as a Democracy-Forcing Decision  —  The key to understanding Hamdan is that the Court did not tell the President that he could under no circumstances create military tribunals with very limited procedural guarantees (in this case, without any right to...

Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework (ACSBlog)

"Guest Blogger: Hamdan and the Youngstown Framework  —  By Aziz Huq, Associate Counsel of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law  —  It is not too early to mark the Supreme Court's decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld as a...

Reading Skimming Hamdan (Allahpundit/Hot Air)

"Reading Skimming Hamdan  —  Lawyers read.  Ex-lawyers skim.  Ex-lawyers for whom legal writing is apt to trigger PTSD flashbacks skim lightly.  Even skimming lightly, though, it's easy to see that Marty Lederman got it right. ...

Supreme Court Rejects Guantanamo War Crimes Trials

"The Supreme Court today delivered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration over its plans to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, ruling that the commissions are unconstitutional.In a 5-3 decision, the court said the trials were not authorized under U.S....