The U.S. government tried to get Binyam Mohamed — the British resident who was held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for four years and allegedly tortured in CIA “black sites” — to promise not to speak to the media or sue the United States as a condition More…
The New York Times’ opinion page has long been a strong supporter of the rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, but the Times moved a step further today, to support detainees’ right to sue for monetary damages.
As I wrote on Wednesday, there are already several lawsuits from torture victims pending against the United States, and some legal scholars predict many more to come. So what if an Obama-sponsored investigative commission set up a means for compensating torture victims? That could save the government a whole More…
Never have lawyers been so busy skirmishing over an election — and it probably won’t end on Election Day.
Today’s lawsuits and rulings include:
The Ohio GOP filed a lawsuit it had previously dropped against Jennifer Brunner, the Democratic secretary of state, claiming she hasn’t done enough to ensure that More…
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