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United States v. Jones (Amicus Brief)
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.

October 3, 2011
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
United States v. Cotterman (Amicus Brief)
Brennan Center Counsel Michael Price served as counsel for amici on a brief in United States v. Cotterman arguing that the suspicionless seizure and forensic search of a defendant’s laptop at the border violated the Fourth Amendment.

September 19, 2011
Liberty & National Security
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.

March 21, 2011
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Transparency & Accountability
Checks & Balances
Mohammedou Salahi v. Barack Obama (Amicus Brief)
The Brennan Center for Justice and Reprieve file a brief as amici curiae in support of Salahi.

June 22, 2010
Detainee Policy
Liberty & National Security
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.

December 11, 2009
Detainee Policy
Liberty & National Security

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Kiyemba v. Obama (Amicus Brief)

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