Constitutional Law
Oct. 27, 2009
Habeas Corpus: Vessel to Safe Harbor
Stephen Rohde of the ACLU believes that habeas corpus should ensure safe harbor in the U.S. for detainees released from Guantanamo.
Stephen F. Rohde
Email: rohdevictr@aol.com
Stephen is a retired civil liberties lawyer and contributor to the Los Angeles Review of Books, is author of American Words for Freedom and Freedom of Assembly.
Setting the stage for the next major challenge to the power of the President, this time Barack Obama rather than George W. Bush, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a federal judge can order the release of Guantanamo Bay detainees into the United States. Kiyemba v. United States 08-1234
The case involves 13 Chinese Uighurs, captured in Pakistan and Afghanistan and imprisoned since 2002, whom American officials determined four years ago were not a threat to the U...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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