Joan Biskupic reports White House spokesman Eric Schultz’s statement that “The president will be nominating judges for the D.C. Circuit in short order, but we hope the Senate moves quickly to confirm all of our pending judicial nominees.” Continue reading
Posted in Court News, News
Tagged Caitlin Halligan, judicial nomination, President Obama, second highest court
With notable exceptions, the D.C. Circuit has generally decided Guantanamo habeas appeals unanimously and with brevity. On Tuesday the court partially unsealed an eight-page opinion by Judge Griffith in Suleiman v. Obama that follows the general pattern. Continue reading
Posted in Case Analysis
Tagged 10-5292, Guantanamo, habeas, Judge Thomas B. Griffith, Suleiman v. Obama, supplementation of the record
Days before five Supreme Court justices vindicated his “mosaic” theory of Fourth Amendment search by GPS in United States v. Jones [PDF], Judge Ginsburg issued another Fourth Amendment opinion that may be just as unpopular with the Metropolitan Police Department. Continue reading
Posted in Case Analysis, Supreme Court Review
Tagged 08-3030, 10-1259 (S. Ct.), 10-7101, collateral estoppel, concession, dismissal with prejudice, excessive force, forfeiture, Fourth Amendment, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, Occupy D.C., parade, police brutality, Rudder v. Williams, United States v. Jones, United States v. Maynard, waiver
