Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted leave in the politically charged case of Kiyemba v. Obama, 555 F.3d 1022 (D.C. Cir. 2009). The main legal issue is whether the federal courts have the jurisdiction to order that Guantanamo detainees be released into the United States. For anyone with a strong commitment to liberty and [...]

The United States Supreme Court’s recent decision in Boumediene et al v. Bush et al 549 U. S. __ (2007) has been controversial in ways most decisions rarely manage. Republican Presidential candidate John McCain attacked the decision, calling it “one of the worst decisions in history.” (McCain did not elaborate as to whether Boumediene is [...]