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Free The Guantanamo Uighurs!

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama needs to find the courage to resist the shrill opportunism of some of his least principled colleagues, and to order the Uighurs' release into the United States.

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Government Could Destroy Records in Hundreds of Gitmo Cases

ProPublica | Posted 05.25.2011

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A stockpile of documents about hundreds of Guantanamo Bay detainees, some written by the prisoners themselves, could be destroyed under a Bush-era federal court order.

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Freed Bosnian Calls Guantanamo "The Worst Place In The World"

Andy Worthington | Posted 05.25.2011

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It remains an appalling indictment of the Bush administration's detention policies that it took nearly seven years for the case of three Bosnian Algerian Guantanamo inmates to be reviewed.

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Those Pesky Activist Judges

William Fisher | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a breathtakingly unusual move, a federal appeals court has decided to re-hear the case of the man who has arguably become the poster child for the Bush administration's rendition program.

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Release Hamdan

Justin Florence | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mr. Hamdan's sentence, in the Administration's view, will be not that selected by the military, but whatever the president wants. This position is unjust and unwise.

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Bush v. Gore Rears Its Head: The Triumph of Politics Over Law (Part II)

Shahid Buttar | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite the changing winds of politics, the expansion of the voting franchise has been one of our most consistent trends since the birth of the Republic.

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ABC: Bush To Decide Soon Whether Or Not To Close Gitmo

ABC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush will soon decide whether to close Guantanamo Bay as a prison for al-Qaeda suspects, sources tell ABC News. High-level discussions among...

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The Supreme Court Returns the Constitution to Guantánamo

Deborah Colson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Court has returned the Constitution to Guantánamo, where rules violate basic principles of justice and human rights. But the military commission system cannot be fixed with one good decision.

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Scalia Cites False Information in Habeas Corpus Dissent

Marjorie Cohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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To bolster his argument that the Guantánamo detainees should be denied the right to prove their innocence in federal courts, Scalia relied on stale information that was proven to be false one year ago.

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A Razor-Thin Redemption

Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.25.2011

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We held innocent people at Guantanamo for years -- seriously mistreating some -- without giving them a chance to demonstrate their innocence. How is getting rid of such travesties indifferent to American lives?

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McCain: No Habeas for Bin Laden, Right to the Gallows

Richard Silverstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In attempting to turn Obama into the typical bleeding heart Democrat on national security issues, McCain has painted himself into a very deep, dark corner.

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How Gingrich/Giuliani Sabotaged Civic Debate

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Withing days of the Supreme Court's ruling on Guantanamo detainees, Gingrich and Giuliani pushed their way into the debate, and began to argue that liberal views on Habeas Corpus would kill Americans.

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Gingrich Rails At Supreme Court, Obama: 'This Could Cost Us A City'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reacting to the recent decision of the Supreme Court of the United States of America - who recently affirmed, by 5-4 decision, our Constitutional righ...

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John McCain, Legal Historian

Shayana Kadidal | Posted 05.25.2011

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As McCain claims, judges are indeed "unaccountable" to voters. That is precisely why they are well-situated to serve to hold the executive branch accountable for its abuses and incompetence.

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Supreme Court Rules Guantanamo Detainees Have Constitutional Right To Challenge Detention

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees...

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Guantanamo Detainees Have Constitutional Rights: Politicians React

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Supreme Court ruled today that detainees held in Guantanamo Bay have a constitutional right to challenge their detention. This is the third such ...

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