The Constitution Project vs. Obama’s Indefinite Detention Decision

In reaction to the Obama administration’s Guantanamo Bay task force recommending that about 50 detainees at Guantanamo be indefinitely detained without trial, the Constitution Project, a prominent civil-libertarian advocacy group, released the following statement:

“Even if the Obama administration continues to work to close Guantánamo, by pursuing a policy

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Supreme Court Orders a New Hearing for Death Row Inmate Troy Davis

In a highly unusual decision, a majority of Supreme Court justices yesterday ordered that a federal judge in Georgia must hear new evidence that lawyers for Troy Davis have been saying for years will prove his innocence.

Davis, as I’ve explained before, has been on death More…