Padilla Latest

Posted on June 10, 2005 by Michael Froomkin

Padilla latest from Scotusblog :

The Supreme Court may act as early as next Monday on his attempt to get the Justices to review his challenge to his status and his indefinite detention, before the Fourth Circuit can rule.

The petition in 04-1342 seeks direct review of a ruling in February by U.S. District Judge Henry F. Floyd of Spartanburg, S.C., concluding that the President has no authority to designate and detain as an “enemy combatant” a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil.

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The litigation is also moving along on an expedited schedule in the Fourth Circuit (docket 05-6396), on a regular appeal path by the Justice Department after its loss in Judge Floyd's ruling. The latest development there was the filing on Monday of Padilla's brief.

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  2. James Wimberley says:
    June 13, 2005 at 9:59 am

    It’s of course ridiculous to describe the US network of live-and-kicking extralegal prisons as a “gulag”. As if red-blooded Americans have needed instruction from foreigners for a great home-grown tradition going back to the Cherokees and the Philippine War: http://www.constitution.org/abus/intern/intern.htm . Give the Administration its due for creativity and call the camps the BULAG.

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