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Supreme Court Checks and Balances in Boumediene
JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law says that by upholding habeas corpus rights for Guantanamo detainees in Boumediene, the US Supreme Court has fulfilled its constitutional duty to check and balance the other t (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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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) |
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US military judge denies request to delay trial of accused 9/11 conspirators
US military judge Col. Ralph Kohlmann Thursday denied a request by military-appointed defense lawyers to postpone the arraignment of the five Guantanamo Bay detainees charged with plotting the Sept. 11 attacks . The lawyers had asked for more time (More) |
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Defense lawyers for 9/11 detainees seek to delay arraignments
Military defense lawyers for the five Guantanamo Bay detainees allegedly behind the Sept. 11 attacks are attempting to delay their clients' arraignments, currently scheduled for June 5. They allege the US government has interfered with the def (More) |
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed defense lawyers move to dismiss charges
US military defense lawyers filed a motion Friday to dismiss charges against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the alleged director of the Sept. 11 attacks , and his four co-conspirators. The motion alleges that the charges (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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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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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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Military defense lawyer for alleged 9/11 mastermind worried about trial fairness
Navy Captain Prescott Prince [Miami Herald profile, PDF], the military-appointed lawyer for confessed Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], has expressed concern over the fairness of his client's upcomin (More) |
Treaty of Ghent signed, ending War of 1812
On December 24, 1814, the "Treaty of Ghent" was signed by the United States and Great Britain, ending hostilities in the War of 1812.
Review the articles of the Treaty of Peace and Amity between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Learn more about the Treaty of Ghent from American, British and indigenous perspectives.
