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U.S.: No court review of Gitmo conditions

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

The Justice Department has urged the D.C. Circuit Court to set up a fast schedule leading to a ruling that, the Department argued, should reject the power of federal courts to examine detainees’ complaints that they have been mistreated while being held at Guantanamo Bay. Congress has taken away any such authority, the Department contended, and the Supreme Court did not second-guess that in its new ruling June 12 on detainees’ legal rights.  In a motion filed Thursday, and made avail read more

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).