http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/government-renews-padilla-plea/ The Supreme Court of the United States blog Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:56:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/government-renews-padilla-plea/comment-page-1/#comment-8559 Kent Scheidegger Tue, 03 Jan 2006 23:57:58 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/government-renews-padilla-plea/#comment-8559 The main post has been amended to provide a link to the full document. (Thanks.) I think it confirms my comment. Also, the SG points out the strangeness of Padilla's "don't let them release me now, but order them to release me later" position. The main post has been amended to provide a link to the full document. (Thanks.) I think it confirms my comment. Also, the SG points out the strangeness of Padilla’s “don’t let them release me now, but order them to release me later” position.

]]> http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/government-renews-padilla-plea/comment-page-1/#comment-8558 Kent Scheidegger Tue, 03 Jan 2006 21:27:32 +0000 http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/uncategorized/government-renews-padilla-plea/#comment-8558 I have not been able to obtain the original document that Lyle refers to, but from the portion quoted it does not appear to me that the government is showing "solicitude for Padilla." Instead, they seem to be pointing, correctly IMHO, to the bizarre anomaly of a person being retained in military custody by court order when the military wants to release him from that custody. I have not been able to obtain the original document that Lyle refers to, but from the portion quoted it does not appear to me that the government is showing “solicitude for Padilla.” Instead, they seem to be pointing, correctly IMHO, to the bizarre anomaly of a person being retained in military custody by court order when the military wants to release him from that custody.

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