Punch and Jurists

Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, No. 10-98 (U.S. Supreme Court) (563 U.S. 731; 131 S.Ct. 2074) (May 31, 2011) (Justice Scalia) by Here a unanimous Court held that former AG Ashcroft was immune from suit for using the Material Witness Statute as a pretext for detaining suspected terrorists; but four of the …

Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft, No. 06-36059 (9th Cir.) (598 F.3d 1129) (March 18, 2010) (Per Curiam) by In Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft, 580 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. Sept. 4, 2009) (P&J, 08/24/09) (“Al-Kidd I”), the Ninth Circuit dealt a stinging rebuke to the Bush Administration for some of the preventative detention policies …

Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft, No. 06-36059 (9th Cir.) (580 F.3d 949) (September 4, 2009) (Judge Milan D. Jr. Smith) by In an unprecedented ruling with potentially huge political and legal consequences, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit delivered a stinging rebuke to the Bush Administration’s post-9/11 detention policies and ruled …