Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus ruling [US DC] News
Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus ruling [US DC]

Petitioners v. Barack Obama, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, May 11, 2009 [holding that the US government failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that Guantanamo Bay detainee Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed "substantially supported" Taliban or al-Qaida forces in engaging in hostilities against the US, thus introducing a new standard of review for habeas corpus motions filed by detainees]. Read the full text of the opinion and the accompanying court order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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First Chief Justice of the United States commissioned

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First Chief Justice of the United States commissioned

On September 26, 1789, John Jay was commissioned as the first Chief Justice of the United States following his confirmation by the Senate.