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Bush, Mukasey criticize Supreme Court ruling on Guantanamo habeas petitions
US President George W. Bush Thursday expressed disappointment at the Supreme Court's ruling [opinion, PDF; JURIST report] that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas corpus petitions filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees. Bush pledged th (More) |
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Supreme Court rules Guantanamo detainees have habeas corpus privilege
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] held in the consolidated cases of Boumediene v. Bush and Al-Odah v. United States [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report] Thursday that federal courts have jurisdiction to review habeas cor (More) |
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Supreme Court rules in Marcos assets, litigating agent, sentencing guideline cases
The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] handed down five decisions Thursday, including Republic of the Philippines v. Pimentel [Duke Law backgrounder; JURIST report], where the Court ruled that an interpleader action to determin (More) |
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Israel Supreme Court upholds indefinite detention of unlawful combatants
The Supreme Court of Israel Wednesday upheld a controversial law allowing the government to detain unlawful combatants suspected of belonging to terrorist groups. The Incarceration of Unlawful Combatants Law allows the Chief of the General Staff (More) |
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Guantanamo detainees face inhumane conditions, mental trauma: HRW report
Human Rights Watch decried conditions at Guantanamo Bay as contrary to international norms of humane treatment in a report [HRW materials; press release] released Tuesday, saying that detainees face extreme isolation that can cause mental trauma. (More) |
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Report from Guantanamo: arraignment of the September 11 defendants
Sahr MuhammedAlly [Senior Associate, Law and Security Program, Human Rights First]: "An arraignment of a defendant facing the death penalty should be done in accordance with the highest standards of due process, yet the arraignment on June 5th o (More) |
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Pentagon to double number of Guantanamo lawyers
The Pentagon has said that an additional 108 military lawyers and paralegals will be assigned to work on the cases of prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay , twice the current number. Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , legal advisor to the Office (More) |
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Guantanamo interrogators instructed to destroy notes: Khadr lawyer
Lt. Cmdr. William Kuebler, the military defense lawyer for Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr (DOD materials; JURIST news archive] said Sunday that personnel at Guantanamo Bay were ordered to destroy hand-written notes made during the interrogations o (More) |
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UK judge orders hearing on government documents sought by Guantanamo detainee
A UK High Court judge has ordered an expedited hearing on whether the UK government must turn over documents allegedly showing that the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay was tortured. US military prosecutors last week charged [charg (More) |
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Alleged 9/11 plotters arraigned before Guantanamo military commission
Five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks were arraigned before a military court at Guantanamo Bay Thursday. The group includes the alleged lead planner of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who said (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.
