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Al-Marri v. Pucciarelli, No. 06-7427 (4th Cir.) (534 F.3d 213) (July 15, 2008) (Per Curiam) by Ever since the Bush administration began its assault on the Constitution in the name of fighting terrorism, one of the most dangerous powers it has claimed is the right to arrest U.S. citizens and …

Boumediene v. Bush, No. 06-1195 (U.S. Supreme Court) (553 U.S. 723; 128 S.Ct. 2229) (June 12, 2008) (Justice Kennedy) by In a major blow to the Bush Administration’s policies of detaining indefinitely foreign nationals who are accused of being “enemy combatants,” a sharply divided Supreme Court held that the foreign …

Crater v. Galaza, No. 05-17027 (9th Cir.) (491 F.3d 1119) (July 9, 2007) (Judge Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain) by This case is noted for its exceptionally detailed analysis of, and it strong rejection of, a series of broad constitutional challenges to the AEDPA, including claims that one provision of the law, …

Al-Marri v. Wright, No. 06-7427 (4th Cir.) (487 F.3d 160) (June 11, 2007) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz) by Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri has been held in solitary confinement in a U.S. Navy brig in Charleston, S.C., since June 2003. The Qatar native has been detained since his December 2001 arrest …

Al-Marri v. Rumsfeld, No. 03-3674 (7th Cir.) (360 F.3d 707) (March 8, 2004) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook) by Petitioner prisoner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 against respondents, the Secretary of Defense and a Naval commander. The United States District Court …