How Appealing (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Federalist Society Panel Debates Discipline for Federal Judges": A post yesterday evening at "The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times" begins, "When a federal judge messes up and has to be disciplined, how much does the public deserve to know?...
On Deadline (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge ruled this week that the government has wrongfully withheld overtime payments from more than 1,800 air marshals, ProPublica reports. "In the opinion issued Nov. 5, Judge Bohdan Futey of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims said that air marshals are entitled to overtime after 43 hours a week," ProPublica, a non-profit news organization, says. "The 25% 'availability'...
Off On A Tangent (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adam Gaffin tells us the great news - Hic, hic, hooray! | Universal Hub : "A federal judge has ruled a state law banning Massachusetts residents from buying wine from most out-of-state wineries is illegal. Judge Rya Zobel of U.S. District Court in Boston, ruled that the law violates the interstate commerce clause of the Constitution because it lets all Massachusetts wineries to...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge in Washington on Thursday freed five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused by government prosecutors of supporting al Qaeda's military efforts against the U.S. military and its allies.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
W ASHINGTON | In the first ruling of its kind, a federal judge ordered the speedy release Thursday of five Algerian men held for nearly seven years in Guantanamo Bay prison.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Judge Richard Leon rules that the Bush administration failed to show the men were plotting with Al Qaeda. The Algerian natives were arrested in 2001. A federal judge for the first time ruled today that five of the long-held prisoners at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be released because the Bush administration has not shown that the prisoners were involved...
Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Judge Richard Leon rules that the Bush administration failed to show the men were plotting with Al Qaeda. The Algerian natives were arrested in 2001. A federal judge for the first time ruled today that five of the long-held prisoners at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, must be released because the Bush administration has not shown that the prisoners were involved...
Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Excellent news for Democrat Mary Jo Kilroy; after a protracted legal challenge, federal Judge Algernon Marbley has ruled that 1,000 disputed provisional ballots from Kilroy's stronghold of Franklin County must be counted. Her opponent Steve Stivers leads by 479 votes, but with nearly 27,000 votes uncounted in Franklin, it's doubtful he can hang on . Marbley's ruling came in a lawsuit...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge in Florida said yesterday that he will soon decide whether John A Gotti's racketeering trial should be tried here or moved to New York
NION - Front Page (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today the Bush administration suffered its fourth major defeat since June in litigation over detentions at Guantanamo. This ruling by US District Judge Richard Leon, a Bush appointee, is the most devastating yet. He'd been expected to favor the government, not least because in 2005 Leon had ruled that the detainees have no habeas rights . And these are not low-profile prisoners. In his 2002...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
For the first time, a federal judge today ordered the release of enemy combatants from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that the government had provided insufficient evidence to continue their detentions.
How Appealing (Free subscription) | yesterday
"Judge Declares Five Detainees Held Illegally": The New York Times today contains an article that begins, "A federal judge issued the Bush administration a sharp setback on Thursday, ruling that five Algerian men have been held unlawfully at the Guantanamo...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
For the first time, a federal judge ordered the release Thursday of detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay after evaluating and rejecting government allegations that the men were dangerous enemy combatants.
Unbossed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Today the Bush administration suffered its fourth major defeat since June in litigation over detentions at Guantanamo. This ruling by US District Judge Richard Leon, a Bush appointee, is the most devastating yet. He'd been expected to favor the government, not least because in 2005 Leon had ruled that the detainees have no habeas rights . And these are not low-profile prisoners. In his 2002...
The Saloon dot net (Free subscription) | yesterday
A federal judge ordered the release of five Algerian terror suspects held without charges at Guantanamo Bay prison for almost seven years. In the first civilian court ruling for terror suspects challenging their detention, U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said Thursday that the five men could not be held indefinitely as enemy combatants More>>>
