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US solicitor general announces resignation
US Solicitor General Paul Clement announced Wednesday that he is resigning from his post, effective June 2. Perhaps best-known for his Supreme Court advocacy [WP report; case resource center] of Bush Administration positions on rights and procedure (More) |
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Alleged 9/11 plotters scheduled for June military commission arraignment
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann set June 5 as the tentative date for the military commission's arraignment of the five men charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks in an email to military defense attorneys Wednesday. The group, held at (More) |
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Legal advisor staying after Guantanamo trial disqualification
US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , a top Pentagon legal advisor on the Guantanamo military commission trials, said Wednesday that he will not resign despite questions concerning his objectivity. Hartmann serves as legal advisor to Su (More) |
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DOD stalling on security clearances for civilian Guantanamo lawyers: ACLU
The US Department of Defense has still not issued security clearances to civilian lawyers seeking to participate in the defense of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and other detainees held at Guantan (More) |
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US offloading Guantanamo detainees to face uncertain justice in Afghanistan
Khalid Sekander [former legal advisor to USAID]: "The U.S. Supreme Court said in 2006 that military commissions to try Guantanamo detainees were unconstitutional because they violated Common Article 3, Geneva Conventions, which states that detai (More) |
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Pentagon approves death penalty charges for 5 alleged 9/11 conspirators
Death penalty charges against Guantanamo detainees Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] and four other men allegedly involved in planning the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States have been confirmed by the Con (More) |
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US military drops charges against so-called '20th hijacker'
The US Department of Defense has dropped criminal charges against Mohammad al-Qahtani, a Saudi Arabian citizen being held at the US detention center at Guantanamo Bay . Al-Qahtani was known as the "20th hijacker" for his alleged role in (More) |
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Top Pentagon legal adviser disqualified from Guantanamo trial: NYT
A US military judge has ruled that US Air Force Reserve Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann , a top Pentagon legal adviser on the Guantanamo military commission trials, is ineligible to participate in the first military commission trial of a detainee because (More) |
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Bismullah 'enemy combatant' status to be reviewed in light of 'new evidence'
The US Department of Justice indicated Thursday that the Pentagon will review the "enemy combatant" status of Afghan Guantanamo detainee and US federal court litigant Haji Bismullah in light of what was referred to as "new evidence,& (More) |
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Some Guantanamo detainees could pose threat if released: Gates
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that a number of current Guantanamo Bay detainees would pose a new threat to the US if they were returned to their home countries. Of the 500 inmates who have been released from the detention facilit (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.
