Court Grants Padilla Petition
posted by Dave Hoffman
As How Appealing and SCOTUSBlog have reported, the Supreme Court has granted the SG’s motion to transfer Jose Padilla to civilian custody. The Court’s order disposes of the issue without substantive comment.
As one of my colleagues observed, you can just imagine the Chief Justice raising his eyebrows when reading Judge Luttig’s (astonishing) opinion denying the transfer below. Luttig’s decision, you may remember, refused to order something that both parties at the time wanted — i.e., transfer the prisoner to civilian custody — reasoning that the transfer would undermine the rule of law in the context of an issue of “surpassing” national importance. The Chief Justice’s implied reply: “Chill.”
January 4, 2006 at 4:46 pm
Posted in: Privacy (National Security)
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Stephen Laniel’s Unspecified Bunker - January 4, 2006 at 5:21 pm
4th Circuit smackdown smackdown
The 4th Circuit smacked down the solicitor general on the Padilla case a little while ago. Today the
Supreme Court smacked down the 4th Circuit.
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