kiyemba v. obama

Human rights experts say there is a serious risk that some of the Guantanamo detainees cleared for release could face persecution or torture.

Testifying recently before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked what the Justice Department plans to do with Guantanamo Bay detainees who can’t be sent home, if no other country will take them.
Given that President Obama just signed a law sent to him by Congress that prohibits the release of any detainees [...]

On Thursday, the Supreme Court will meet to decide, among other things, whether to take up the case of Kiyemba v. Obama, in which the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., ruled that federal courts do not have the power to order any Guantanamo detainees released into the United States.
As Lyle Denniston at [...]