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The panel focused on the implication of President Obama’s election on military commissions, specifically the tribunals for Guantanamo Bay detainees. They said that the commissions as they ha…

The Senate Armed Services Committee held the first in a series of hearings to examine the future of military commissions in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Hamdan v Rumsfeld. W…

A roundtable discussion was held on detaining and prosecuting alleged terrorists. Topics included the history of enemy detention, Supreme Court rulings, and the creation of military tribunal…

Panelists reviewed the 2005-2006 U.S. Supreme Court term. They talked about the new justices on the court, Chief Justice Roberts and Associate Justice Alito, as well as the significant cases…

The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on standards and rules for military commissions and tribunals. Witnesses testified about the Bush administration’s decisions on detainee tre…

The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the rights of detained enemy combatants in response to the ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld in favor of a detainee in G…

Professor David Cole of the Georgetown University Law Center talked about how Congress should respond to the issue of detainee rights in the light of the Supreme Court’s Hamdan v. Rumsfeld d…

Mr. Rivkin talked about the op-ed piece he co-wrote with David Casey for the June 30 Wall Street Journal regarding his disagreement with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on the Guantanamo B…

Lieutenant Commander Swift talked about the Supreme Court ruling in the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld case. The Court ruled Thursday that the president did not have the authority to set up the tribunal…

Panelists discussed the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which was handed down the previous day. They also responded to questions from members of the audience. …

Co-counsels for Salim Hamdan spoke to reporters about his appeal to the Supreme Court following oral arguments in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a Yemen native, served as the dr…

The panelists talked about military tribunals focusing on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld which will be taken up by the Supreme Court on March 28th. The panelists responded to questions from members of t…