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Guantanamo Bay
51 published works
ImmigrationProf Blog
Jeffrey S. Kahn on Trump’s Guantanamo Gambit
With great fanfare, President Trump announced that the "worst of the worst" migrants would be detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The detention has been challenged in a lawsuit. Professor Jeffrey S.…
Criminal
Former Solicitor General Ted Olson, husband of 9/11 victim, says plea deal with 9/11 defendant was “best possible outcome”
The New York Times has this notable new piece with quotes from a notable lawyer about the (now revoked) plea agreement that would have taken away the possibility of a…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts (Plea Deals) May Finally Resolve Some of the 9/11 Cases
Seems fitting to ease in to blogging again with some breaking news, even if it is not your typical contracts law fare. More like Lawfare fare.Back in May, I suggested…
ContractsProf Blog
Contracts (in the Form of Plea Deals) Are the Way to Close Gitmo
Yes, I know, it's a stretch, but bear with me. It's Friday. The Serial podcast has devoted its fourth season to the detention facility and military tribunals located in Guantanamo Bay,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Guantánamo’s Other History
The Biden administration's harsh treatment of Haitian migrants on the U.S./Mexico border has been in the news. The current crisis at the southern border is only the latest stage in…
Human Rights at Home Blog
News: 20 Years of Detention: Decision Time for Biden on Guantanamo Bay
Nancy Kelehar, 20 Years of Detention: Decision Time for Biden on Guantanamo Bay, Human Rights Pulse (March 22, 2021). An excerpt:"As we approach the 20th anniversary since almost 3,000 people…
Human Rights at Home Blog
UN Experts Call Out the US on Guantanamo
Rule of law, you say? Earlier this week, a roster of UN Special Rapporteurs called on the U.S. government to not only close Guantanamo but to do more: provide reparations…
Supreme Court Update
Order List
Greetings, Court fans! The Court granted cert in three new cases this week, including Kiyamba v. Obama (08-1234), where the Court will consider whether the remaining Uighur Guantanamo Bay detainees,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
New Case Tests Detention at Trump’s Guantanamo
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Center for Constitutional Rights filed a habeas corpus petition in federal court last week on behalf of eleven detainees challenging their continued, and,…
The Right Coast
Canada will give US$8m to former Guantánamo child prisoner Omar Khadr, who killed US soldier with grenade | South China Morning Post
The Canadian government is going to apologise and give millions to a former Guantanamo Bay child prisoner who pleaded guilty to killing a US soldier in Afghanistan.via www.scmp.comThose darn Canadians.