The defense assigned to represent accused terrorists before military commissions is endorsing the right to hold enemy combatants indefinitely but urging the Supreme Court not to close the door on suits arising from commission proceedings. The brief the team filed with the Court is the first public criticism from within the Pentagon to procedures that will govern the tribunals. Coming before an often closely divided high court, the lawyers’ arguments could prove influential.
Details here from Legal Times via Law.com.
The defense assigned to represent accused terrorists before military commissions is endorsing the right to hold enemy combatants indefinitely but urging the Supreme Court not to close the door on suits arising from commission proceedings. The brief the team filed with the Court is the first public criticism from within the Pentagon to procedures that will govern the tribunals. Coming before an often closely divided high court, the lawyers’ arguments could prove influential.
Details here from Legal Times via Law.com.
The defense assigned to represent accused terrorists before military commissions is endorsing the right to hold enemy combatants indefinitely but urging the Supreme Court not to close the door on suits arising from commission proceedings. The brief the team filed with the Court is the first public criticism from within the Pentagon to procedures that will govern the tribunals. Coming before an often closely divided high court, the lawyers’ arguments could prove influential.
Details here from Legal Times via Law.com.
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