10941. Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantánamo Cases
- Publication Date:
- 06-2010
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Human Rights First
- Abstract:
- Habeas is working. The judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia have ably responded to the Supreme Court's call to review the detention of individuals at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. As former federal judges, many of us expressed our confidence as amici in Boumediene v. Bush that courts are competent to resolve these cases. We write now to affirm that our confidence has been vindicated. While we take no position on particular cases, a review of the District Court's treatment of the Guantánamo litigation convinces us that the court has effectively developed a consistent, coherent, and stable jurisprudence.
- Topic:
- Human Rights, Terrorism, War, and Law
- Political Geography:
- United States and Cuba