Topic: U.S. Supreme Court

The article focuses on the effectiveness of the multi-prong approach used in addressing security detention, prevention attention and terrorism in the U.S. Ra- ther, this article will review the recent calls for a new system of preventive detention and the legal landscape ...

Obama administration urges Supreme Court to reject appeal from Canadian mistaken for terroristThe Obama administration is urging the Supreme Court to reject an appeal from a Canadian engineer who was caught up in the U.S. government's secret transfer of terror suspects to ...

Dozens of Guantanamo detainees are getting their day in court after years of waitingIn courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video ...

privileged communication, in law, communication between persons who have a special duty of fidelity and secrecy toward each other. However, in the wake of terrorist attacks against the United States in 2001, some policy makers supported eavesdropping on the attorney-client discussions of ...

held in the United States will finally get his day in court after he was formally charged with providing support to Al-Qaeda, the Justice Department said Friday.President Barack Obama also ordered that Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri be transferred from the military brig ...

Former generals, prosecutors file briefs supporting case of accused enemy combatant in SC brigFormer generals and U.S. Justice Department officials filed briefs Thursday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Bush administration's authority to indefinitely detain the only suspected enemy combatant ...

Judges Bearing the Brunt of Musharraf's Emergency, Washington's SilenceA month after emergency rule was imposed, the gate to deposed Supreme Court Judge Khalil-ur-Rehman Ramday's house remains locked. Five officers stand sentry outside, allowing him to leave only on Fridays to pray at ...

Analysis: Bush Policy on Terror-War Detainees Under Assault in Both Congress and CourtsPresident Bush's global war on terror is drawing heavy fire on the home front, both from Congress and the courts.The president's assertion of extraordinary powers _ from the limitless holding ...

Federal Appeals Court Rules Against Bush Administration's Enemy Combatant PolicyA divided panel from a conservative federal appeals court harshly rebuked the Bush administration's anti-terrorism strategy Monday, ruling that U.S. residents cannot be locked up indefinitely as "enemy combatants" without being charged.The three-judge ...