Court Cases
Liberty & National Security
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
Hepting v. AT&T Corp. (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center filed in the Ninth Circuit Court an amicus brief for a group of civil rights organizations working on behalf of ethnic minorities in a case dealing with the legality of domestic surveillance programs.
– 10/07/08
Committee on the Judiciary v. Harriet Miers (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center filed an amici brief asking the D.C. District Court to allow Congress to proceed with its efforts to enforce the subpoenas issued against Joshua Bolten and Harriet Miers in the executive privilege case related to the contentious 2006 firing of nine U.S. Attorneys
– 07/31/08
Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. (Amicus Brief)
On July 10, 2008, the Brennan Center filed an amicus curiae (or friend of the court brief) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on behalf of a group of former United States ambassadors and diplomats in the case of Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
– 07/10/08
Geren v. Omar and Munaf v. Geren
The Brennan Center represents two United States citizens, Shawqi Omar and Mohammad Munaf, who have been detained by the United States in Iraq for more than two years, and whose cases were heard in the Supreme Court in March 2008. On June 12, 2008, the Supreme Court issued its decision in this case. We have filed a Petition for Rehearing with the Court, and are awaiting its decision.
– Ongoing
Rev. Boyle v. Werner, et al.
Rev. Boyle believes he was unfairly targeted by the U.S. for his religious convictions and stance against the war. Both are violations of his First Amendment rights and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
– 02/25/08
Boumediene v. Bush (Amicus Brief)
In August 2007, the Brennan Center filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of habeas corpus scholars in the United States and in the United Kingdom, explaining why habeas corpus rights must be granted to individuals held in Guantánamo Bay.
– Decided
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (Amicus Brief)
In January of 2006, the Brennan Center and Professor William N. Eskridge Jr. filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court in support of the petitioner, arguing that there is no statute authorizing Hamdan to be tried by a military commission.
– 01/06/06
Padilla v. Hanft (Amicus Brief)
In 2005, the Brennan Center filed with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals an amicus brief, urging the court to prohibit the executive branch from detaining individuals indefinitely in a military setting.
– 06/14/05
Qassim v. Bush (Amicus Brief)
On behalf of six judges, the Brennan Center filed in the D.C. Circuit Court an amicus brief that brings light to the dangers of indefinite executive detention and urges the court to place checks on the executive branch.