Bahlul v. United States
Petition for certiorari denied on October 10, 2017
Issues: (1) Whether military commissions' assumption of the federal courts' subject-matter jurisdiction over wholly domestic crimes, such as conspiracy, violates Article III's reservation of the “trial of all crimes” to the judiciary; (2) whether the Military Commissions Act's codification of crimes not otherwise recognized as war crimes under international law was intended to apply retroactively and, if so, whether that violates the ex post facto clause; and (3) whether the Military Commissions Act's establishment of a segregated criminal justice system in which only non-citizens are subject to military commission jurisdiction violates the constitutional guarantee of equal justice under law.
| Date | Proceedings and Orders (key to color coding) |
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| Jan 27 2017 | Application (16A770) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 26, 2017 to March 28, 2017, submitted to The Chief Justice. |
| Feb 02 2017 | Application (16A770) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 28, 2017. |
| Mar 28 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 31, 2017) |
| Mar 28 2017 | Appendix of Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul filed. |
| May 24 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 30, 2017. |
| May 30 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Justice Richard J. Goldstone filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amici curiae of International and Constitutional Law Experts filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of National Institute of Military Justice filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amici curiae of United States Council of Muslim Organizations, et al., filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Center for Constitutional Rights filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Karen Korematsu, et al. filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Professor Jens David Ohlin filed. |
| May 31 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Mr. Ammar al Baluchi filed. |
| Jun 30 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including July 31, 2017. |
| Jul 25 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including August 30, 2017. |
| Aug 28 2017 | Order further extending time to file response to petition to and including September 6, 2017. |
| Sep 06 2017 | Brief of respondent United States in opposition filed. |
| Sep 19 2017 | Reply of petitioner Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul filed. |
| Sep 20 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/6/2017. |
| Oct 10 2017 | Petition DENIED. Justice Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. |
