Court Cases
Liberty & National Security
United States v. Jones
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief arguing that the prolonged, warrantless use of GPS tracking devices to monitor a suspect's behavior is unconstitutional.
– 10/03/11
Al Falah Center v. Township of Bridgewater
The Al Falah Center brought suit against the Township of Bridgewater, N.J. to compel the township to allow Al Falah to move forward with plans to renovate an existing building for use as a mosque and Islamic community center.
– 04/26/11
Amnesty Int’l v. Clapper (Amicus Brief)
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that plaintiff's have standing to challenge the constitutionality of the FISA Amendments Act. In December of 2008 and 2009, the Brennan Center for Justice filed supplemental amici in the case, urging the court to overturn the law.
– 03/21/11
Mohammedou Salahi v. Barack Obama (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center for Justice and Reprieve file a brief as amici curiae in support of Salahi.
– 06/22/10
Kiyemba v. Obama (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center for Justice, along with a group of other organizations, has submitted three amici briefs in support of the D.C. District Court’s ruling that the government must release into the United States a group of Uighurs detained at Guantánamo Bay.
– 12/11/09
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder (Amicus Brief)
In these consolidated cases, which address the scope of the so-called “material support” statute, the Brennan Center submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court on behalf of academic researchers and a professional media association.
– 11/23/09
Al Maqaleh v. Gates (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center for Justice and co-counsel submitted an amicus brief on behalf of retired military officers, urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to affirm the District Court’s decision to grant habeas review to three non-Afghan citizens apprehended outside Afghanistan and detained at Bagram Theater Internment Facility.
– 11/06/09
Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri
The Center defended a Qatari national detained as an “enemy combatant” in the United States in his habeas corpus action that challenged the Executive’s claim to unchecked authority to indefinitely detain a legal reesident of the U.S. without any charge of wrongdoing. Mr. al-Marri was imprisoned without trial and without due process between 2003 and 2009.
– 02/27/09
Arar v. Ashcroft (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of a group of distinguished federal judges in support of Maher Arar, a Canadian who was subject to extraordinary rendition to Syria.
– 10/27/08
In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (Amicus Brief)
The Center submitted an amicus on October 24, 2008, in support of the plaintiffs’ opposition to the government’s motion to dismiss..
– 10/24/08