Punch and Jurists

Vance v. Rumsfeld, No. 10-1687 (7th Cir.) (701 F.3d 193) (November 7, 2012) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook) by Here a divided Seventh Circuit, sitting en banc, ordered the dismissal of a Bivens damage suit against former Donald Rumsfeld filed by two U.S. citizens seeking damages for their torture by U.S. …

Vance v. Rumsfeld, No. 10-1687 (7th Cir.) (653 F.3d 591) (August 8, 2011) (Judge David F. Hamilton) by Here the Court held that former Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld may be sued personally for damages by two U.S. citizens who claimed they were unjustly imprisoned and tortured by the U.S. military …

Doe v. Rumsfeld, No. 1:08-CV-1902 (D.D.C.) (800 F.Supp.2d 94) (August 2, 2011) (Judge James S. Gwin) by Vance v. Rumsfeld, 653 F.3d 591 (7th Cir. Aug. 8, 2011) (Judge David Hamilton) Doe v. Rumsfeld, 800 F.Supp.2d 94 (D.D.C. Aug. 2, 2011) (Judge James Gwin) "All power tends to corrupt and …