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Neomi Rao, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be a U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, testifies during a Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on February 5, 2019 in Washington, DC.

The D.C. Circuit, Conspiracy, and the Guantanamo Military Commissions: Third Time’s the Charm?

Eleven years since Congress authorized the third generation of post-9/11 Guantanamo military commissions, the substantive law governing them remains in doubt. The case of Bahlul…
A military officer stands near the entrance to Camp VI at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on June 25, 2013 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

9/11 Case: Military Commission Convening Authority to Be Called as a Witness as to His Own Bias

W. Shane Cohen, the current judge presiding over the 9/11 case at Guantánamo Bay, has ordered the compulsion of testimony from the Office of Military Commissions’ convening…
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Why the D.C. Circuit Can’t Really Duck the Article III Issue in Al Bahlul

As one of those who spends parts of his Tuesday and Friday mornings trolling PACER for new D.C. Circuit rulings (which appear there before they’re posted on the Court of…
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Counting to Six in Al Bahlul IV

I have nothing of substance to add to Marty’s excellent recap of this morning’s en banc D.C. Circuit oral argument in “Al Bahlul IV,” and agree with him entirely that…
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Reflections from the en banc al Bahlul oral argument

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc (absent Judge Srinivasan, who is recused) just finished hearing about 90 minutes of oral argument in the al Bahlul…
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We Don’t Need to Broaden Military Commissions’ Jurisdiction

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to tomorrow’s en banc oral argument in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…
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Clarifying what’s at stake in al Bahlul (short answer: judge and jury) . . . and what’s not

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to tomorrow’s en banc oral argument in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…
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Al Bahlul and the Risks of Legitimating Departures from Article III Jurisdiction

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can check…
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No War Crime? No War Crimes Trial!

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can check…
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Why Al Bahlul IV Won’t Matter

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can check…
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Al Bahlul’s Commission Conviction and the Pragmatic Jurisprudence of Article III

Editor’s Note: This is the most recent post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can…
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Previewing Next Tuesday’s Oral Argument in “Al Bahlul IV”

Editor’s Note: This is the first post in a mini-symposium leading up to next week’s en banc oral argument in the DC Circuit in Al Bahlul v. United States. You can check…
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