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Habeas Petitions by Released Detainees; Conference Report on the Defense Authorization Act; forthcoming scholarship

1. In re: Petitioners Seeking Habeas Corpus Relief in Relation to Prior Detentions at Guantanamo Bay (D.D.C. Oct. 9, 2009) I had not been following this until now, but there is an effort underway to preserve habeas jurisdiction with respect to a large number of GTMO detainees who already have been transferred/released.  I believe some… Continue reading Habeas Petitions by Released Detainees; Conference Report on the Defense Authorization Act; forthcoming scholarship

Idris v. Obama; forthcoming scholarship

1. Idris v. Obama (D.D.C. Oct. 6, 2009) Judge Lamberth has granted the government’s motion to dismiss a habeas petition brought on behalf of GTMO detainee Idris, on the ground that counsel lacks authorization to represent Idris.  The opinion, posted here, emphasizes that Idris on five occasions refused to meet with counsel.

forthcoming scholarship

“Designing Detention: A Model Law for Terrorist Incapacitation” Forthcoming in the edited volume Legislating the War on Terror: An Agenda for Reform (summer 2009) (Brookings Institution) (Benjamin Wittes, ed.) Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Brookings (Governance Studies) Colleen A. Peppard A consensus is beginning to emerge in the public and political spheres concerning the non-criminal detention… Continue reading forthcoming scholarship