Detainees: Habeas right now a nullity

One week short of the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush, lawyers for 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees complained to the Court on Friday that the ruling has been reduced to a mere exhortation, without legal effect.  And, they added, the historic habeas right declared by Boumediene has been made a nulliity … Continue reading Detainees: Habeas right now a nullity