The D.C. Circuit Court, in a broad hint to the Justice Department to adopt a new strategy in detainee cases, suggested strongly on Tuesday that federal judges are now demanding too much evidence from the government to justify holding prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, and elsewhere. Although the three-judge panel said it was not deciding the issue finally,
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Sweeping U.S. victory on detainees
In a still secret order, the D.C. Circuit Court on Thursday summarily overturned a federal judge’s order that would have barred the transfer of an Algerian national detained at Guantanamo Bay to his home country, where he fears torture or even death from terrorist groups or from the government there. Because the order remains under
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U.S. wins Munaf test
Acting shortly after holding a hearing on the Obama Administration’s plea to delay any new deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the Fifth Circuit Court on Thursday ruled that — for the time being — the moratorium must remain on hold. In a two-page order (found here), the Circuit Court said that the Interior
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U.S. loses — for now — on drilling
Analysis The Supreme Court finished a Term this week without deciding another case on detainees’ rights, but there very likely is another Guantanamo Bay case in its future — perhaps its near future. A test of wills is unfolding (though, so far, mostly in secret documents) between a no-nonsense trial court judge and an appeals court panel,
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Analysis: Major fight brews on Munaf
Displaying some sense of urgency about the legal controversy over deepwater oil well drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, the Fifth Circuit Court on New Orleans moved ahead on Tuesday with the Obama Administration’s defense of its six-month moratorium, ordering briefing and setting an early hearing date on whether to put the drilling suspension back
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Gulf drilling case hearing due
(NOTE: In the wake of Justice John Paul Stevens’ retirement, the Court on Tuesday issued new assignments for the Justices in their roles as Circuit Justices to handle emergency matters from the federal court regions. Justice Clarence Thomas succeeds Stevens for the Sixth Circuit, and Justice Stephen G. Breyer does so for the Seventh Circuit.
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“Soft-money” ban upheld
Analysis The Supreme Court’s latest foray into the rights of student religious organizations on state-operated college campuses might have added to the recent pattern of expanding those rights. But, along the way toward such a decision, a legal team’s stipulation narrowed the case down to a dispute over factual concessions, and the student group lost, having to
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Analysis: A fatal stipulation
(NOTE TO READERS: The Supreme Court will issue the final orders of the Term at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The most significant case awaiting the Court’s action is a test of the constitutionality of a federal ban on so-called “soft money” to political parties. The blog will provide full coverage of the orders.) —————– Analysis Almost eleven years after
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Analysis: Tobacco case ends
This morning the Court, as expected, released the opinions in the remaining four cases this Term: Bilski v. Kappos (patents), Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (separation of powers), McDonald v
This morning, beginning at 10 a.m. Eastern, the Court will issue orders from last Thursday’s conference and then the final opinions of the Term. We will relay both in the Live Blog below, with the assistance of our reporter at the Court, Lyle Denniston
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Live Blog: Orders and opinions | 6.28.10
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