Court Cases

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..

October 24, 2008
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
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.

October 7, 2008
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
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

July 31, 2008
Checks & Balances
Liberty & National Security
Transparency & Accountability
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.

July 10, 2008
Liberty & National Security
Transparency & Accountability
Detainee Policy
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.

April 14, 2008
Detainee Policy
Liberty & National Security

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Court Cases

In Re NSA Telecommunications Records Litigation (Amicus Brief)

Hepting v. AT&T Corp. (Amicus Brief)

Committee on the Judiciary v. Harriet Miers (Amicus Brief)

Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. (Amicus Brief)

Geren v. Omar and Munaf v. Geren

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