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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
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.

November 23, 2009
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
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.

November 6, 2009
Liberty & National Security
Transparency & Accountability
Detainee Policy

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Amnesty Int'l v. Clapper (Amicus Brief)

Mohammedou Salahi v. Barack Obama (Amicus Brief)

Kiyemba v. Obama (Amicus Brief)

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder (Amicus Brief)

Al Maqaleh v. Gates (Amicus Brief)

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