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Supreme Court Could Confront Constitutionality of Spending Bill

By | 10.29.09 | 4:27 pm

Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog points out that the Supreme Court’s decision to hear the case of 17 Chinese Muslim Uighur detainees who a judge ordered released into the United States will likely also force the Justices to consider the constitutionality of two bills President Obama signed yesterday.

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Today’s SCOTUS Argument Doesn’t Bode Well for Campaign Finance Reform

By | 09.09.09 | 12:17 pm

Here’s Scotusblog’s Lyle Denniston’s take on this morning’s argument in the campaign finance case Citizens United v. FEC:

If supporters of federal curbs on political campaign spending by corporations were hoping that Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., would be hesitant to

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Federal Court Clears Way for Forced Transfer of Gitmo Prisoners

By | 09.09.09 | 8:54 am

In yet another case that questions the power of federal courts to rein in the government’s executive branch, the U.S. Circuit Court in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday issued a mandate that allows the government to send up to 150 Guantanamo detainees to other countries over More…

Anniversary of Boumediene Decision Marked By U.S. Refusal to Accept Cleared Detainees

By | 06.12.09 | 12:42 pm

Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog reminds us that today is the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision, Boumediene v. Bush, which confirmed that Guantanamo Bay detainees have the right to challenge their detentions in U.S. courts. Coincidentally, today the Washington Post also reported on its front page More…