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"Mukasey defends military commissions for terror cases"

"Mukasey defends military commissions for terror cases": The Associated Press provides a report that begins, "Attorney General Michael Mukasey, defending military commissions to prosecute suspected terrorists, told federal judges Wednesday the upcoming trials will be 'in the best traditions of the American legal system.' Mukasey's remarks came amid fresh criticism of the legal processes at Guantanamo Bay. Just this week, the Pentagon defended the abrupt removal of a judge from a case after rulings unfavorable to the government. Speaking to an annual conference of Washington federal judges, Mukasey said the decision to try terrorism cases outside of civilian courthouses is not made lightly."

The article shows that you won't have to rely on mere law bloggers to report on what's happening at the D.C. Circuit's Judicial Conference, which has begun this morning. In any event, I won't be arriving there until very late tonight.

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 04, 2008 (boomark / email).