Legal Commentary

Ben Wittes Attends the Al-Aulaqi Hearing

By Kenneth Anderson

Probably some readers have seen this over at Lawfare, but Ben Wittes has a very interesting account of the oral argument from a few days ago on the Al-Aulaqi targeted killing lawsuit. A snippet:

Judge Bates was deeply engaged with counsel for both sides throughout the argument. At the hearing?s end (shortly after I had left), he made clear that his ruling is not imminent. He did not tip his hand decisively as to which way he will rule. That said, I think we can venture a few inferences and conclusions based on his comments and questions. Those inferences and conclusions are generally quite favorable to the government.

Full post as published by The Volokh Conspiracy on November 10, 2010 (boomark / email).