Highlights of the Supreme Court's 2003-2004 Term
References for Rumsfeld v. Padilla (June 28th, 2004)

Prior Opinions

• District Court for the Southern District of New York Filed December 4, 2002
• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Filed December 18, 2003

Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments

• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)
• Brief of Petitioners (PDF)
• Brief of Respondents (PDF)
• Supreme Court Briefs from Wiggin and Dana
  

Amicus Briefs in Support of Rumsfeld

• Sekulow, Jay Alan (PDF)
• American Center for Law and Justice (PDF)
• Supreme Court Briefs from Wiggin and Dana

Amicus Briefs in Support of Padilla

• Eisenberg, Arthur (PDF)
• American Civil Liberties Union (PDF)
• Supreme Court Briefs from Wiggin and Dana

Articles & Commentary

• Altercation, Eric Rauchway for MSNBC's Slate (June, 2004)
• Slate's Jurisprudence: Court Rules on Enemy Combatants, Alex Chadwick for NPR (June, 2004)
• No presidential monopoly on war powers, Lyle Denniston for Goldstein & Howe, P.C.'s Scouts Blog (June, 2004)
• Historic Court Rulings Hold Political Fodder, Tom Curry for MSNBC (June, 2004)
• Dangerous Decision: The Supreme Court has rewritten a well-established statute, Robert Alt for the National Review Online (June, 2004)
• Terror suspects freed from legal limbo, Economist Global Agenda (June, 2004)
• Supreme Court rules against President Bush in case about terrorism prisoners, Anne Gearan for the Associated Press (June, 2004)
• Supreme Court Affirms Detainees' Right to Use Courts, David Stout for the New York Times (June, 2004)
• Supreme Court Deals Blow to War on Terror, James Vicini for Reuters (June, 2004)
• A mixed verdict on the terror war, CNN Law Center (June, 2004)
• USA: The US Supreme Court takes a step towards restoring the rule of law to Guantánamo, Amnesty International (June, 2004)
• Mixed Rulings on Terror Detention Policies, Fox News (June, 2004)
• Presidential Authority At Issue for Detainees, Washington Post (April 2004)
• Pre-trial Ruminations in the Padilla Case, CounterPunch (June 2004)
• U.S.: Suspected 'dirty bomb' plot included plan to blow up apartments, CNN (June 2004)
• NPR.org
• Facing Defeat?, Newsweek (June 2004)
• Taking Judicial Notice?, ScotusBlog (June 2004)
• The Attorney-Enemy Combatant Privilege, Medill News Service (March 2004)
• US says Padilla plotted to blow up high-rises, The Boston Globe (June 2004)
  

Other References

• Georgetown Law School panel discussion on the detention cases (.ram)
• Supreme Court Docket
• Medill School of Journalism