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US Army general asserts right to silence in Abu Ghraib trial
US Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller has invoked his right not to incriminate himself by refusing to answer questions in two courts-martial against soldiers accused of using dogs as an intimidation tactic at the US-operated Abu Ghraib prison facility (More) |
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Playing With Fire: Congress and Executive Power
JURIST Guest Columnist Brian Foley of Florida Coastal School of Law says that while senators are likely to query Judge Samuel Alito this week about his views on executive power, they themselves have dangerously indulged it without setting clear limit (More) |
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Guantanamo military commission hearings to resume
US military commission proceedings against two of a handful of charged prisoners at Guantanamo Bay , originally scheduled to restart Tuesday, have been pushed back to Wednesday in recognition of the the Feast of the Sacrifice, a Muslim holy day. Ca (More) |
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Guantanamo doctor facing ethics hearing over force-feeding of hunger strikers
Attorneys for a number of hunger strikers at Guantanamo Bay have filed a petition in a California court to force the state medical ethics board to investigate Dr. John S. Edmondson, chief medical officer at the prison, for alleged unprofessional c (More) |
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Some Guantanamo Bay detainees to be transferred to Afghan prison
An Afghanistan prison is undergoing improvements to accommodate about 100 Afghan Guantanamo Bay detainees who are expected to be transferred to Afghanistan in the near future, according to Afghan officials. Construction, being paid for by the US, (More) |
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Levin disputes Bush administration move to dismiss Guantanamo cases
US Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-MI) has said that the Bush administration cannot use recent legislation in an attempt to dismiss already filed habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees . The 2006 defense spending bill , signed into law last wee (More) |
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DOJ to request dismissal of Gitmo lawsuits
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Tuesday filed notice with federal judges overseeing the habeas corpus petitions of Guantanamo Bay detainees informing them that a provision in Title X of the defense spending bill signed into law last week s (More) |
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Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 [White House]
Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, as included in the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006 and agreed to by the US House and Senate and signed by President Bush, December 30, 2005 . Full text from THOMAS:TITLE X--MATTERS RELATING TO DETAINEESS (More) |
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Bush signs anti-torture legislation, Patriot Act extension
President George W. Bush on Friday signed a $453.3 billion defense spending bill [text; JURIST report] which contains provisions banning the cruel and inhumane treatment of detainees in US custody, but also eliminates the ability of Guantanamo Bay (More) |
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Chinese Uighurs Guantanamo detention ruling [US DC]
Abu Bakker Qassim et al. v. George W. Bush et al., United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Judge James Robertson, December 22, 2005 . Excerpt:These petitioners are Chinese nationals who received military training in Afghanistan und (More) |
John Marshall declared federal judicial supremacy over states
On February 20, 1809, US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in United States v. Peters that the legal power of the federal judiciary is greater than that of any individual state: "If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery; and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals."
