Guantanamo Bay Supreme Court Argument Scheduled for Dec. 5
The Supreme Court announced that argument in Boumediene v. Bush, the Guantanamo Bay habeas case, is scheduled for December 5.
ACS recently released a transcript of a discussion by experts that examined whether recent legislation successfully stripped Guantanamo detainees of the right to bring habeas challenges to contest their incarceration and the propriety of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals.
The transcript is available here. Video excerpts are available here. The entire video is available here.
The panel included Laurence P. Claus, Professor of Law, University of San Diego School of Law; Jeh Charles Johnson, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; Hina Shamsi, Deputy Director & Senior Counsel, U.S. Law and Security Program, Human Rights First; Colonel Dwight H. Sullivan, Chief Defense Counsel, Office of Military Commissions, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; and Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block LLP.
Written By:B. Iger On October 31, 2007 3:05 PM
The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) brought the first Guantánamo case to court more than five years ago. Their site provides videos and information about their current "Beyond Guantanamo" campaign. They want people to understand how the denial of habeas corpus affects everyone, not just the current detainees.
The Center for Constitutional Rights brought the first Guantánamo case to court more than five years ago.