International Law

Hamdan lawyers seek to bar use of statements allegedly obtained by torture
[JURIST] Lawyers for Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] on Friday asked a military tribunal to bar the use of statements made by Hamdan that were allegedly obtained through the use of torture and requested that the court declare that Hamdan has been subjected to abusive interrogation techniques...

Hamdan plans boycott of Guantanamo military commission trial
[JURIST] Yemeni Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan [DOD materials; JURIST news archive] said Monday that he will join fellow detainees in a boycott of his upcoming military commission trial...

How a Jihadist Curtailed a Presidents Authority
Today, the New York Times ran a book review that I wrote on The Challenge: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld and the Fight Over Presidential Power by Jonathan Mahler. The book details the development of the Hamdan case, which ultimately ended in the Supreme Court with a defeat for the Bush Administration...

Memo #12: Kenny Chesney, we need to talk
Dear Kenny, I?m so glad that you have ?No shoes, no shirt?no problems.? It sounds delightful. I, however, have all of the above. In spades. Perhaps you?d like to take some off my hands? I think I have your fair share...

Hamdan Military Commission Coverage
Due to reader interest in Salim Ahmed Hamdan, the military detainee who has admitted to formerly serving as a driver for Osama bin Laden, this post will provide links to coverage from designated major media outlets of his ongoing military commission trial from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...

DC CIrcuit notes, then avoids, circuit split over ex post facto Booker issue
The DC Circuit yesterday in US v. Andrews, No. 07-3024 (DC Cir. July 15, 2008) (available here), had this notable discussion, and dodge, of ex post facto issues after Booker: [I]n its 2005 opinion in United States v...

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PTDS class action
Veterans Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Class Action