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  • June 2008

    • Advisers to Bush: You Asked for It

      Washington Post  |  Jun 21, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Advisers to Bush: You Asked for It

      (Newser) - President Bush ignored warnings that his detainee policy would spark a Supreme Court backlash, the Washington Post reports. Top lawyers both in and outside Washington said that jailing suspects without Congressional approval would push the court to rule on national security—but the White House either ignored the advice or disagreed. More »

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      Bush administration  • US Supreme Court  • White House  • Guantanamo prisoners  • detainee  • habeas corpus

    • Make Lawsuits, Not War, Over OPEC Oil

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 5:23 PM CDT

      Make Lawsuits, Not War, Over OPEC Oil

      (Newser) - There’s no question OPEC’s price-fixing is illegal under American law, a former Reagan and Bush I adviser writes in the New York Times —so why not sue the oil cartel? US states are permitted to seek relief against aliens, and a joint suit by several attorneys general would point the way. “Isn’t starting a lawsuit better than starting a war?” Thomas Evans asks. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • oil price  • OPEC  • separation of powers

    • Supreme Court Sides With Workers on Age Discrimination

      New York Times  |  Jun 19, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Sides With Workers on Age Discrimination

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that it is up to employers in age-discrimination lawsuits to prove that their actions resulted from “reasonable factors other than age,” the New York Times reports. With the opinion making it easier for employees to sue, the court explained to opponents that Congress’ wording of the law “set the balance where it is.” More »

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      Congress  • lawsuit  • US Supreme Court  • oil  • discrimination  • age  • age discrimination

    • Court's Gitmo Ruling a Judicial 'Power Grab'

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 17, 08 5:23 PM CDT

      Court's Gitmo Ruling a Judicial 'Power Grab'

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo Bay detainees got such praise from newspaper editorials that one might think a “dictator” had been stopped “from trampling civil liberties,” writes former Justice Department official John Yoo in the Wall Street Journal . In fact, the ruling is an unprecedented judicial “power grab” that defies the Constitution and gives terrorists the same rights as citizens. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • John Yoo  • Boumediene

    • Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'

      Washington Post  |  Jun 17, 08 1:29 PM CDT

      Note to McCain: Gitmo Ruling Hardly 'Worst'

      (Newser) - John McCain's painting of last week's Guantanamo Bay ruling as one of the Supreme Court’s “worst decisions" has George Will scoffing in the Washington Post . Various segregation rulings could hold that title, he notes, but more important to McCain should be the justices' affirmation of habeas corpus, "the heart of the centuries-long struggle to constrain governments"—something the Republican should, in theory, be aiming for. More »

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      John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • habeas corpus  • libertarians

    • Justices Will Decide If Immigrant Can Sue Ashcroft

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 16, 08 3:01 PM CDT

      Justices Will Decide If Immigrant Can Sue Ashcroft

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear an appeal from John Ashcroft, with the former attorney general insisting top government officials cannot be sued by immigrants who allege they were beaten and abused after 9/11. Lower courts have refused to dismiss a suit from a man who was held for 6 months before being deported to Pakistan—without being charged, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Pakistan  • US Supreme Court  • John Ashcroft  • Robert Mueller

    • Bush Forced Ruling on Detainees

      Newsweek  |  Jun 15, 08 7:45 PM CDT

      Bush Forced Ruling on Detainees

      (Newser) - President Bush forced the Supreme Court’s hand by overplaying his own over Guantanamo detainees, Stuart Taylor, Jr. writes in Newsweek . Courts usually defer to Washington on national security, but Bush so flouted ordinary "ideas of justice and liberty" that he "put the Supreme Court in an impossible position." Stuck with detainees who say they are innocent, justices have granted them full access to federal courts. More »

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      Bush administration  • US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • War on Terror  • terrorist  • national security

    • High Court's Gitmo Ruling Raises Election Issue

      New York Times  |  Jun 14, 08 10:45 AM CDT

      High Court's Gitmo Ruling Raises Election Issue

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo detainees may put the court in the election spotlight for the first time in decades, Linda Greenhouse writes in the New York Times . The dramatic language of Antonin Scalia's dissent could be a signpost for conservatives worried about the court's course; because of the one-vote margin, liberals are just as concerned. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • human rights  • Guantanamo prisoners  • judge  • campaign issues  • habeas corpus

    • McCain Decries Supreme Court Gitmo Decision

      Time  |  Jun 13, 08 4:00 PM CDT

      McCain Decries Supreme Court Gitmo Decision

      (Newser) - John McCain waited a day to react to the Supreme Court's decision on Guantanamo prisoners and came out swinging, calling yesterday’s ruling “one of the worst decisions in the history of the country.” His strong language makes it clear that this will be an election issue, Time reports. More »

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      John McCain  • US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • habeas corpus

    • Gitmo Will Be Transformed, Not Closed

      New York Times  |  Jun 13, 08 9:17 AM CDT

      Gitmo Will Be Transformed, Not Closed

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court's ruling yesterday against the Bush administration will not shut down the Guantanamo Bay detention center. But by concluding that detainees can appeal their detention in US civilian courts, the high court stripped away its reason for being, erasing the government's claim that an offshore prison was beyond US law. The New York Times looks at both the legal and the military implications of the ruling. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • War on Terror  • Guantanamo prisoners  • detainee  • military tribunal  • habeas corpus  • Anthony Kennedy

    • 'Landmark' Gitmo Ruling Is a Blow Against Tyranny

      Salon  |  Jun 12, 08 6:47 PM CDT

      'Landmark' Gitmo Ruling Is a Blow Against Tyranny

      (Newser) - Today's Supreme Court decision giving Guantanamo Bay prisoners the right to challenge their detention "will be one of the most celebrated landmark rulings of this generation," Glenn Greenwald writes in Salon. By upholding habeas corpus—a rebuke to the Bush administration and complicit pols of all stripes—the court rescued one of the nation's most important principles. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • War on Terror  • Guantanamo prisoners  • habeas corpus  • constitutional law  • detainees

    • Supremes Give Guantanamo Detainees Day in Court

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 12, 08 10:39 AM CDT

      Supremes Give Guantanamo Detainees Day in Court

      (Newser) - Terror suspects have the right to challenge their detention in US federal courts, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 today, in yet another blow to the Bush administration's terrorism policies. The ruling dismisses the military tribunals currently in effect in Guantanamo Bay as an inadequate substitute for a court review of detainees' status as "enemy combatant." More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Guantanamo Bay  • military tribunal  • habeas corpus