Punch and Jurists

Noriega v. Pastrana, No. 09-35 (U.S. Supreme Court) (559 U.S. 917; 130 S.Ct. 1002) (January 25, 2010) (Per Curiam) by Here, the Court declined to clarify whether individuals held in custody by the U.S. may rely on the protections of the Geneva Convention - despite the vigorous dissent of two …

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 04-CV-1519 (JR) (D.D.C.) (464 F.Supp.2d 9) (December 13, 2006) (Judge James Robertson) by In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 126 S.Ct. 2749 (June 29, 2006) (Hamdan I) (P&J, 05/29/06), a sharply divided Supreme Court held that President Bush did not have the legal authority to set up military …

Evans v. Thompson, No. Civ. No. 04-12205-WGY (D.Mass.) (465 F.Supp.2d 62) (December 11, 2006) (Judge William G. Young) by In this lengthy decision, Judge Young has produced another in a long list of signature masterpieces. (See, e.g., U.S. v. Kandirakis, 441 F.Supp.2d 282 (D.Mass. 2006) (P&J, 07/10/06); and U.S. v. …