Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

June 29th, 2006: Victory!!!

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March 28th, 2006: Oral Argument

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Supreme Court of the United States Decision of June 29th, 2006

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United States District Court decision of November 8, 2004

Recent news about Hamdan: (See News for much extended coverage)

July 26, 2006: Neal Katyal on "The Colbert Report". Comedy Central.
July 19, 2006: Prepared remarks by Neal Katyal to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
July 11, 2006: Invent This Wheel!!! Now Can We Try Using Courts-Martial For Enemy Detainees? Neal Katyal, Slate.com.
September 8, 2004: Sins of Commissions: Why Aren't We Using the Courts-Martial System at Guantanamo? Neal Katyal, Slate.com.

October 18, 2006: Feldman: Expect Legal Challenges to New Detainee Law. Council on Foreign Relations.
October 12, 2006: Detainees' Military Lawyer Forced Out of Service. Nina Totenberg, NPR.
October 3, 2006: Clark Speaks Out on New Torture Rules. James Ricci, LA Times.
September 27, 2006: The Blind Leading the Willing. Dhalia Lithwick, Slate.
September 26, 2006: Forget Nuremberg: How Bush's New Torture Bill Eviscerates the Promise of Nuremberg. David J. Luban, Slate.
September 26, 2006: A Case for Appeal. Editorial, Washington Post.
Sepemtber 24, 2006: Detainee Legislation Driven by Court Decision. Weekend Edition, NPR.
September 24, 2006: With liberty and justice for fewer. Charles Sipos and Joseph McMillan, Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
September 24, 2006: Detainee Legistlation Driven by Court Decision. NPR.
September 24, 2006: Analysis: Constitutional issues, post-Hamdan. Lyle Denniston, SCOTUSblog.com.
September 17, 2006: No Rubber Stamp for Bush. Editorial, Washington Post.
September 14, 2006: A Crucial Choice. Editorial, Washington Post.
September 13, 2006: Tortured Logic. Editorial, LA Times.
September 12, 2006: A Plea to Congress on Military Commission Procedures. Jordan Paust, Jurist.
September 9, 2006: A Solution for Trials. Editorial, Washington Post.
September 8, 2006: Tainted Fruit: How Can Al-Qaida's 14 Worst Terrorists Stand Trial? David Cole, Slate.com.
September 8, 2006: Bush's end run aroung the law. Erwin Chemerinsky, The Star-Ledger.
September 7, 2006: Ending the Lawlessness. Editorial, Washington Post.
September 7, 2006: A Sudden Sense of Urgency. Editorial, NY Times.
September 7, 2006: Barely Legal War-making. Editorial, LA Times.
September 7, 2006: Congress Should Champion the Advice of Military Lawyers. Lawrence Friedman and Victor Hansen, Jurist.
September 7, 2006: Bush confirms use of CIA secret prisons. Mark Silva, Steven J. Hedges, Cam Simpson and Andrew Zajac, Chicago Tribune.
September 7, 2006: Bush's Plan Allows Coerced Evidence. Maura Reynolds, Richard B. Schmitt and David G. Savage, LA Times.
September 7, 2006: 3 Republican senators among critics of military tribunal plan. Joan Biskupic and Andrea Stone, USA Today.
September 6, 2006: Checked and Imbalanced. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com.
September 6, 2006: Hamdan Lawyer Reacts to Bush Tribunal Proposal. All Things Considered, NPR.
September 5, 2006: 'Hamdan v. Rumsfeld': Path to a Landmark Ruling. Nina Totenberg, NPR.

Law Professor Beats the Odds with High Court Win ("Listen" for additional commentary).

September 5, 2006: Congress, Fight Back More and Harder. Jonathan Hafetz, CBS.
September 1, 2006: Eli Lawyers battle in detainee case. Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News.
August 30, 2006: Hamdan: Another round, another disagreement. Lyle Denniston, Scotusblog.com,
August 6, 2006: High Court's 1946 War Crimes Ruling Resounds. David G. Savage, LA Times.
July 30, 2006: First Chaper: 'Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power.' Joseph Margulies, NY Times.
July 29, 2006: A Flawed Proposal: The Bush Administration's bill on military trials needs a lot of work. Editorial, Washington Post.
July 29, 2006: The Court Under Siege. Editorial, NY Times.
July 27, 2006: Proposal Calls for Tribunal Style Trials. R. Jeffrey Smith and Josh White, Washington Post.
July 24, 2006: How the Supreme Court Struck Back. David Cole, Mother Jones/NY Review of Books.
July 24, 2006: Guantanamo Detainee Rights Are Reexamined. Kwame Holman, PBS.
July 24, 2006: Must US allow Guantanamo detainees to attend own trial? Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
July 24, 2006: Bush's Tactic of Refusing Laws is Probed. Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post.
July 24, 2006: Legal Group Says Bush Undermines Law by Ignoring Select Parts of Bills. Robert Pear, NY Times.
July 24, 2006: Bush violating Constitution. CNN.
July 23, 2006: Navy lawyer takes on Bush and wins case. Lou Sessinger, The Intelligencer.
July 18, 2006: It's Time to Listen to the Military. Harry Reid, The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC).
July 17, 2006: Wiggle Room on Cruelty. Joseph Margulies, Washington Post.
July 14, 2006: Lying to the Supreme Court. Phil Tajitsu Nash, Asian Week.
July 13, 2006: A Process for Prisoners. Editorial, NY Times.
July 12, 2006: The Gitmo Solution Already Exists. Andrew Cohen, Washington Post.
July 12, 2006: U.S. Troops Will Benefit From Clarity, Experts Say. Thomas E. Ricks, Washington Post.
July 12, 2006: Terror and Presidential Power: Bush Takes a Step Back. Scott Shane, NY Times.
July 12, 2006: Geneva Genuflection. Eric Umansky, Slate.
July 11, 2006: White House Says Terror Detainees Hold Basic Rights. Mark Mazzetti and Kate Zernike, NY Times.
July 11, 2006: Hamdan Attorney Discusses Detainees at Capitol. Michel Norris, All Things Considered.
July 11, 2006: In Big Shift, U.S. to Follow Geneva Treaty for Detainees. David Stout and John O'Neil, NY Times.
July 11, 2006: US Detainees to get Detainee rights. BBC News.
July 10, 2006: Military Lawyers Prepare to Speak on Guantanamo. Neal A. Lewis, NY Times.
July 9, 2006: Congress's Turn. Editorial, Washington Post.
July 9, 2006: What to do about America's military commissions. David Scheffer, Chicago Tribune.
July 9, 2006: Congress should restrain Bush. David Broder, Daily Journal.
July 7, 2006: More to gain that lose with Courts-martial. Scott L. Silliman, Sun-Sentinel.
July 7, 2006: A Way Out of Guantanamo Bay. David Ignatius, Washington Post.
July 6, 2006: The Court Hands Congress an Opportunity. David S. Broder, Washington Post.
July 3, 2006: Former Justice's Influence Felt in 2006. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
July 2, 2006: Let There Be Law. Editorial, Washington Post.
July 2, 2006: The Court Enters the War, Loudly. Adam Liptak, NY Times.
July 1, 2006: Hamdan v. Rumsfeld rulings ends years of work for Eli lawyers. Andrew Mangino, Yale Daily News.
June 30, 2006: Justices, 5-3, Broadly Reject Bush Plan to Try Detainees. Linda Greenhouse, NY Times.
June 30, 2006: Court's Ruling Is Likely to Force Negotiations Over Presidential Power. David E. Sanger and Scott Shane, NY Times.
June 30, 2006: Ruling Leaves Uncertainty at Guantanamo. Tim Golden, NY Times.
June 30, 2006: A Check Against Fear. Jonathan Mahler, NY Times.
June 30, 2006: A Victory for the Rule of Law. Editorial, NY Times.
June 30, 2006: Guantanamo Decision Puts President in Difficult Spot. Nina Totenberg, NPR.
June 30, 2006: High Court Rejects Detainee Tribunals. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: AVictory for Law. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: A Governing Philosophy Rebuffed. Peter Baker and Michael Abramovitz, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: Congressional Hearings on Guantanamo Set. Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press (via Washington Post).
June 30, 2006: Checking the Decider. Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: Fight Terror -- With Law. David Ignatius, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: High court curbs war powers. Mark Silva, Chicago Tribune.
June 30, 2006: Military Fought to Abide by War Rules. Julian E. Barnes, LA Times.
June 30, 2006: GOP Has a Fix in Mind, but It May Not Be Easy. Doyle McManus, Peter Wallsten, and Richard B. Schmitt, LA Times.
June 30, 2006: The Hero of Guantanamo. William M. Arkin, Washington Post.
June 30, 2006: Step back, imperial president. Havery Silvergate, LA Times.
June 30, 2006: Law Firm Perkins Coie Pro Bono Team Wins Landmark Supreme Court Case - Law Press Release. LawFuel.com.
June 29, 2006: A Supreme Court Conversation . ["Hamdan is simply the most important decision on presidential power and the rule of law ever. Ever."] Walter Dellinger and Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com.
June 29, 2006: Supreme Court Blocks Guantanamo Tribunals. Nina Tottenberg, NPR.org.

June 29, 2006: Bush's War Powers: How Much of a Setback? Brian Bennett, Time.
June 29, 2006: News Summary for June 29, 2006. Jim Lehrer, Newshour with Jim Lehrer.
June 29, 2006: Profile: Salim Ahmed Hamdan. Michael Muskal, LA Times.
June 29, 2006: Statement of the American Bar Association on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Michael S. Greco, ABA.

June 27, 2006: Guantanamo Bay Poses Political Problem. ABC News.
June 27, 2006: U.S. court prepares ruling on Guantanano tribunals. James Vicini, Reuters (via Swiss Info).
June 27, 2006: Another chapter in a shameful story of justice denied. The Age.
June 26, 2006: Guantanamo, no. Comment, Globe and Mail.
June 26, 2006: The Hidden Power [describes how Colin Powell, Condeleeza Rice, and most of the national security establishment was entirely cut out of the military commissions and Geneva Conventions decisions]. Jane Mayer, New Yorker.
June 26, 2006: Teen's defense looks to doctor for help. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
June 25, 2006: Court ruling could halt Guantanamo trials. Ben Fox, Associated Press (via Seattlepi.com).
June 22, 2006: Close Guantanamo? Editorial, Washington Post.
June 21, 2006: President now says he'll abide by international humanitarian law in
fight against terrorism. White House.
June 21, 2006: Bush suggests US trials for Guantanamo detainees at US-EU close. Joshua Pantesco, Jurist.
June 21, 2006: Wanted: A System of Justice. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 20, 2006: Closing Time at Guantanamo. Eugene Robinson, Washington Post.
June 20, 2006: Court could get Bush out of jail over Guantanamo. Brownen Maddox, The Times Online.
June 19, 2006: Letter from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops on Common Article 3.
June 19, 2006: Sending Shameful Signals. James Carroll, Boston Globe.
June 19, 2006: The Detention Dilemma. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 18, 2006: Imprisoned in Chaos. Editorial, Washington Post.
June 18, 2006: Letter from prominent U.K. Parliametarians urging the President to stop military commissions.
June 18, 2006: Kicked out of Gitmo. Carol J. Williams, LA Times.
June 17, 2006: Secrecy Surround Guantanamo Bay. Tim Rutten, LA Times.
June 14, 2006: U.N. Experts call on Supreme Court to Side with Hamdan.
June 16, 2006: Is Bush Signaling an About-Face on Detainees? Tony Mauro, Legal Times.
June 16, 2006: Guantanamo is fueling raids says UK minister. [Lord Chancellor says "Guantanamo Bay is a
recruiting agent" for terrorism.] Gulf Daily News.
June 15, 2006: U.S. rule of law. Our opinion: Provide real judicial review for Guantanamo captives. Editorial, Miami Herald.
June 14, 2006: Bush: Guantanamo's future up to Supreme Court. Laura Parker, USA Today.
June 14, 2006: Pentagon suspends hearings after suicides at Gitmo prison. Editorial, Washington Times.
June 14, 2006: A Prison We Need to Escape. David Ignatius, Washington Post.
June 13, 2006: The Deaths at Gitmo. Editorial, NY Times.
June 13, 2006: Deaths at Guantanamo. Editorial, The Boston Globe.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo deaths deepen harm to U.S. image abroad. Editorial, USA Today.
June 13, 2006: America's shame. Editorial, Houston Chronicle.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo betrays America's values. Editorial, Roanoke Times.
June 13, 2006: Guantanamo flies in face of 1,000 years of Western legal standards. Editorial, Citizen-Times.com.
June 13, 2006: Despair at Guantanamo: The three suicides should spur action on administration's detention policy. Editorial, Newsday.com.
June 12, 2006: Pressure grows on Guantanamo Bay. Paul Reynolds, BBC News.
June 12, 2006: Criticism of Guantanamo rises; Pentagon IDs 3 who killes selves. Charlie Savage, Boston Globe.
June 11, 2006: Guantanamo's First Suicides Pressure U.S. Julian E. Barnes and Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times (via KTLA the WB).
June 9, 2006: President Bush sides with Hamdan and now says Guantanamo detainees "ought to be tried in courts here in the United States." June 9, 2006, Press Conference between President Bush and Prime Minister Rasmussen of Denmark at Camp David.
June 6, 2006: Degrading America's Image. Editorial, NY Times.
June 4, 2006: The horrors really are your America , Mr. Bush. Andrew Sullivan, The Sunday Times.
June 4, 2006: Bush, Military Ethics, Haditha. Andrew Sullivan, blog: Andrew Sullivan.
June 3, 2006: Judges seek fair trial for Hicks. Richard Kerbaj, The Australian.
May 22, 2006: After You, Says the President. Abner J. Mikva and James E. Pfander, Legal Times.
May 22, 2006: Gitmo, get gone. Editorial, Los Angeles Times.
May 17, 2006: U.N. Urges Closure of Guantanamo Detention Facility. Colum Lynch, Washington Post.

Full Text of U.N. Report.

May 10, 2006: UK calls for Guantanamo Closure. BBC News.

Full Text of the Speech of the United Kingdom Attorney General, Lord
Goldsmith, on May 10, 2006.

May 10, 2006: The Gitmo 'decider'. Editorial, Los Angeles Times.
May 10, 2006: Camp Fire. Dahlia Lathwick, Slate.com.
May 7, 2006: Attorney General Calls for Guantanamo to Close. Jamie Doward and Mark Townsend, Guardian Unlimited.
March 30, 2006: Why Hamdan is Right about Conspiracy Liability. David Scheffer, Jurist.
March 29, 2006: Justices Hint That They'll Rule on Challenge Filed by Detainee. Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
March 29, 2006: Case Tests Power of Judiciary, President. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
March 29, 2006: Court Appears Wary of Terror War Tribunals. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times.
March 29, 2006: Record Shows Senators' 'Debate' That Wasn't. Dan Eggen, Washington Post.
March 28, 2006: Detainee's Lawyer Tells Justices that Military Commissions are Illegal. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
March 28, 2006: Supreme Court Debates Military Trials for Detainees. NPR.org.
March 28, 2006: Because I Say So: The Supreme Court takes the military tribunals out for a spin. Dahlia Lithwick, Slate.com.
March 27, 2006: Bin Laden Challenges Tribunals. Bill Mears, CNN.
March 27, 2006: Invisible Men: Did Lindsay Graham and Jon Kyl mislead the Supreme Court? Emily Bazelon, Slate.com. (Listen to this story from NPR)
March 27, 2006: Detainee Case Will Pose Delicate Question for Court. Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
March 27, 2006: Court Case Challenges Power of President. Charles Lane, Washington Post.
March 27, 2006: Sins of Commission. Editorial, Washington Post.
March 27, 2006: At court, a terror case rife with tough issues. Warren Richey, Christian Science Monitor.
March 27, 2006: Decomission the Commissions. Stuart Taylor Jr., National Journal.
March 26, 2006: Driver for bin Laden tests war tribunal. Carol Rosenberg, Miami Herald.
March 26, 2006: A Bellwether for the Power of a President. Jonathan Mahler, NYT.
March 25, 2006: Bush's Powers Again Under Review by Court. Gina Holland, Associated Press (Forbes.com).
March 25, 2006: Justices to hear constitutional challenges to special war courts. Carol Rosenberg, Knight Ridder Newspapers (HeraldToday.com).
March 20, 2006: The President and the Courts. Editorial, NYT.
March 20, 2006: Another Blown Case? Editorial, Washington Post.
February 24, 2006: Tight Briefs: The government's tricky lawyering in the Guantanamo Bay cases. Emily Bazelon, Slate.com.
February 22, 2006: Justice's May Hear Detainee's Appeal. Josh White, Washington Post.
February 1, 2006: Opening the Door. Court Stripping: unconscionable and unconsitutional?. Judith Resnik, Slate.com.
January 12th, 2006: Levin Statement on the Department of Justice Motion to Dismiss the Hamdan Case in the Supreme Court.
January 10th, 2006: Detainee Case Hits on Limits of Presidency, Linda Greenhouse, NYT.
January 8th, 2006: The Bush Administration vs. Salim Hamdan, Jonathan Mahler, NYT.
December 22nd, 2005: Floor Statement of Senator Carl Levin on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006.
December 16th, 2005: Levin Statement on Conference Agreement on Treatment of Detainees.
December 15th, 2005: Protect Habeas Corpus at Guantanamo, Letter to the Editor from John D. Hutson and David M Brahms, Wash Post.
December 8th, 2005: Tortured Rationale, Emily Bazelon, Slate.com.
December 7th, 2005: Letter from Senator Kerry urging Congress not to interfere with pending court cases.
December 7th, 2005: Detainee's Lawyer Says Captives Foment Mistrus t, Neil Lewis, NYT.
November 17th, 2005: Letter of Professor Jack Goldsmith, Harvard Law School, explaining why the Senate Should Not Restrict Habeas Rights of Detainees in the Graham Amendment
November 8th, 2005: Justices to Rule on a Challenge to U.S. Tribunals, NYT.
November 7th, 2005: Supreme Court to Hear Tribunals Challenge, Wash Post.

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