OTB News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge’s ruling last week threw a potential new curveball into the campaign debate over the War on Terror. Democratic appointed Judge James Robertson gave the Pentagon a green light to start the first-ever military-commission trial of a Gitmo detainee this week—that of Salim Hamdan, an alleged Qaeda member who served as Osama bin [...]
MSNBC.com: Newsweek National News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge's ruling last week threw a potential new curveball into the campaign debate over the War on Terror. Democratic appointed Judge James Robertson gave the Pentagon a green light to start the first-ever military-commission trial of a Gitmo detainee this week—that of Salim Hamdan, an alleged Qaeda member who served as Osama bin Laden's driver. (Robertson said that if defense lawyers see...
The Sideshow (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The entire Massachusetts delegation voted against the Patriot Act, but now the state is about to grant itself the same powers - not to combat terrorism, but to go "further protect children". The Talking Dog : " Certainly, don't tell it to me, sayeth U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson, who denied the motion of GTMO detainee and alleged "OBL driver" Salim Hamdan for a stay of his show-trial military...
SCOTUSblog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Saying the “eyes of the world are on Guantanamo Bay,” a federal judge in Washington suggested that the first war crimes trial opening there on Monday will have to deal with issues of “particular sensitivity.” But, U.S, District Judge James Robertson concluded, he would not intrude to postpone the start of the trial. The judge at [...]
the talking dog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Certainly, don't tell it to me, sayeth U.S. District Court Judge James Robertson, who denied the motion of GTMO detainee and alleged "OBL driver" Salim Hamdan for a stay of...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The first Guantanamo Bay war-crimes trial, involving Osama bin Laden's former driver, can start Monday, a federal judge ruled yesterday. In letting the system backed by President Bush and Congress to stand, US District Judge James Robertson...
Pakistan News (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
WASHINGTON :A US judge, in a victory for the Bush administration, ruled Thursday that the war crimes trial of the former driver of Osama bin Laden can go ahead as scheduled next week in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. “The motion for injunction is denied,” said Judge James Robertson, rejecting the last-ditch attempt by the lawyers of Yemeni [...]
NHatky (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The first Guantanamo Bay war crimes trial can begin on Monday, a federal judge ruled on Thursday. He said civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. US District Judge James Robertson rejected an effort by Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, to postpone his trial. Hamdan ...
The Liberal Blog Network (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
A federal judge refused Thursday to delay the approaching military commission trial of a Yemeni man who served as Osama bin Laden's personal bodyguard and driver. Salim Hamdan will stand trial Monday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, U.S. District Judge James Robertson ruled at a hearing in Washington. Attorneys for Hamdan claimed that the military commission procedures violate Hamdan's constitutional rights...
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Osama bin Laden's former driver should be tried by a military tribunal before he appeals the court's constitutionality.U.S. District Judge James Robertson refused to grant Salim Hamdan a delay in his trial, The New York Times reported.Hamdan, an alleged member of al-Qaida and unlawful enemy combatant, is to be the first defendant held in the military prison at Guantanamo...
Pickled Politics (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
“A US judge has ruled that the first war crimes trial at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, involving Osama Bin Laden’s former driver, can go ahead. Judge James Robertson dismissed a claim from lawyers for Salim Hamdan, a Yemeni, that it should be stopped while he challenged the process’s legality. The ruling came after a [...]
ACLU Bog of Rights (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
There was general buzz earlier this week that Judge James Robertson might grant Salim Hamdan’s motion and stop his military commissions proceeding (let’s not call it a “trial” - that has the ring of justice about it) which is scheduled to begin on Monday in Guantánamo. Alas, alack. Today he ruled that the commission could proceed. The decision came after two hours of oral argument in a packed courtroom...
The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
U.S. District Judge James Robertson denied a request by Salim Hamdan, a former driver for Osama bin Laden, to halt his war crimes trial scheduled for next week. Hamdan’s lawyers had asked Robertson to delay the proceedings so they could...
Infidels Are Cool (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
U.S. District Judge James Robertson on Thursday rejected an effort by Usama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, to postpone his trial. He will now be tried at Guantanamo Bay. Good riddance.
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
WASHINGTON - The first war crimes trial at Guantanamo Bay can begin Monday, a federal judge has ruled, saying civilian courts should let the military process play out as Congress intended. U.S. District Judge James Robertson on Thursday rejected...
