DOD/CIA Guantanamo interrogation documents ruling [US DC] News
DOD/CIA Guantanamo interrogation documents ruling [US DC]

American Civil Liberties Union, et al. v. US Department of Defense, et al., US District Court for the District of Columbia, October 16, 2009 [refusing to force the Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency to release non-redacted versions of documents that allegedly describe the torture and abuse of 14 Guantanamo Bay detainees].

Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the interrogation documents.

THIS DAY @ LAW

President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus

On April 27, 1861, US President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus in Maryland and parts of several midwestern states during the American Civil War. Lincoln took this action to address draft riots and the threat of secession by Union states bordering the Confederacy. The President maintained his suspension even after it was overturned by the federal judiciary in Ex parte Merryman 17 F.Cas. 144 (1861). Learn more about Lincoln's suspension of habeas corpus.

War crimes trials of WWII Japanese leaders began

On April 27, 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began its trials in Tokyo, Japan, ruling on the indictments of former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 27 associates.

Learn more about the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.