Litigation

New Yorker Examines a ?Hard? Detainee Case

By Charlie Hall

A New Yorker magazine article, “The Hard Cases,” takes a close-up look at the case of Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an alleged enemy combatant held without charge in a Charleston, S.C., brig, and the difficult policy choices facing President Obama.

Al-Marri, whose criminal charges in the federal court system were dismissed in 2003 when al-Marri was declared an enemy combatant by President Bush, is at the center of a Supreme Court case on whether a president can order someone held indefinitely without charge in national security cases.

The article also looks at possible strategies, including a controversial proposal to create a national security court, that the new administration may employ in alleged terrorism cases.

To see other Gavel Grab items involving al-Marri, click here.

Full post as published by The Gavel on February 25, 2009 (boomark / email).