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Brennan Center for Justice Files Brief in Jose Padilla Case
An amicus (friend of the court) brief was filed today by the Brennan Center for Justice’s Liberty and National Security Project at NYU School of Law in Jose Padilla v. Commander C.T. Hanft, supporting the District of South Carolina Court’s finding the detention of Jose Padilla to be in violation of the Constitution.
– 02/14/05
Court Steps In To Block US Citizen’s Transfer to Torture
Last Friday, February 3, 2006, Judge Ricardo M. Urbina of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., issued an order barring the U.S. Government from transferring an American citizen, Shawqi Omar, to Iraqi authorities where he would be at grave risk of torture. Judge Urbina issued this emergency order last week to stop Mr. Omars possible midnight transfer to Iraqi hands and has asked for further briefing about the pivotal Separation of Powers issues raised by the case.
– 02/07/05