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Federal court rules FOIA does not apply to Guantanamo wiretaps
The US District Court for the Southern District of New York Wednesday ruled that the National Security Agency (NSA) does not have to tell lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainees whether it has used electronic surveillance methods to monitor their co (More) |
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Guantanamo Bay surveillance ruling [US DC]
Wilner v. National Security Agency, et al., US District Court for the Southern District of New York, June 25, 2008 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Special US terrorism courts would threaten Constitution: report
Special national security courts to try terrorism suspects are "unnecessary" and "dangerous to traditional constitutional protections," according to a report [text, PDF; advocacy press release] issued Monday by the Constitution P (More) |
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Federal appeals court overturns enemy combatant status of Guantanamo detainee
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Monday ordered the US government to release or transfer a Chinese Uighur Muslim detained at Guantanamo Bay, ruling that Huzaifa Parhat had been improperly designated as an enemy com (More) |
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Tunisia terror laws no safeguard against rights abuses: Amnesty report
Tunisia is committing wide-spread human rights abuses under overly-broad anti-terrorism legislation , according to a Monday report [text; press release] by Amnesty International . Amnesty said that while the government claims to comply with intern (More) |
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Guantanamo Uighur enemy combatant status ruling [DC Circuit]
Parhat v. Gates, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, June 23, 2008 . Read the full text of the order . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Boumediene's Uncertain Aftermath
JURIST Guest Columnist David Kaye of UCLA School of Law says that instead of the Supreme Court's habeas solution to the detentions problem in Boumediene v. Bush, Congress and President might better have engaged in a good faith legislative process (More) |
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Human rights law and constitutional jurisprudence in Boumediene
Beth Van Schaack [member, The American Society of International Law; Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law]: "The central question facing the Supreme Court in Boumediene was: to what extent does the privilege of the wr (More) |
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Federal appeals court dismisses Khadr petition to review combatant status
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit Friday dismissed a petition brought by US terrorism detainee Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive], who sought review of his unlawful enemy combatant classification. The co (More) |
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US military judge sets October date for Khadr trial
A US military judge at Guantanamo Bay Thursday set October 8 as the date for the military commission trial of Canadian-born Omar Khadr [DOD materials; JURIST news archive]. Khadr's military defense lawyer Navy Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler said tha (More) |
Congress passed Roosevelt's New Deal legislation
On June 16, 1935, Congress passed President Roosevelt's "New Deal" legislation to start a recovery program from Great Depression.
Learn more about FDR and the New Deal from the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute.
