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

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Prior Opinions

• Johnson v. Eisentrager Filed June 5, 1950
• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (Al Odah v. United States) Filed March 11, 2003
• D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Decision (Memorandum Opinion) Filed July, 2002

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Pleadings, Motions, & Arguments

• Petition (Rasul v. Bush) (Merits) (PDF)
• Appendix to Petition (Rasul v. Bush) (Merits) (PDF)
• Petition (Al Odah v. United States) (Merits) (PDF)
• Respondent's Brief in Opposition to Certiorari (Merits) (PDF)
• Petitioner's Brief (Al Odah v. United States (Merits) (PDF)
• Petitioner's Brief (Rasul v. Bush) (Merits) (PDF)
• Respondent's Brief (Merits) (PDF)
• Petitioner's Reply Brief (Merits) (PDF)
• Motion of Hungarian Jews and Bougainvilleans for Leave to File Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners and to Brief Amici Curiae (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (PDF)
• Supreme Court Oral Argument (Audio)

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Amicus Briefs in Support of a Petition for Certiorari

• The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (Merits) (PDF)
• Former Federal Appellate Court Judges (Merits) (PDF)
• Former American Prisoners of War (Merits) (PDF)
• Fred Korematsu (Merits) (PDF)
• The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association (Merits) (PDF)
• Retired Military Officers (Merits) (PDF)
• Former Diplomats (Merits) (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Neither Party

• Military Attorneys Assigned To The Defense In The Office Of Military Commissions (PDF)
  

Amicus Briefs in Support of Rasul and Al Odah

• United Kingdom Parliament (PDF)
• Abdullah Al-Joaid (PDF)
• Bipartisan National and International Coalition of Non-Governmental Organizations (PDF)
• The Center for Justice and Accountability and Other Organizations (PDF)
• The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (PDF)
• Former American Prisoners of War (PDF)
• Former Diplomats (PDF)
• Former Federal Appellate Court Judges (PDF)
• Former U.S. Government Officials (PDF)
• Fred Korematsu (PDF)
• The Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association (PDF)
• International Law and Jurisdiction Professors (PDF)
• International Law Expert (PDF)
• Legal Historians (PDF)
• The National Institute of Military Justice (PDF)
• Omar Ahmed Khadr by His Next Friend Fatima El-Samnah (PDF)
• Retired Military Officers (PDF)

Amicus Briefs in Support of Bush and the United States

• The American Center for Law and Justice and Other Organizations ( PDF)
• Citizens for the Common Defence (PDF)
• Law Professors and Other International Law Specialists (PDF)
• The Washington Legal Foundation and Other Organizations (PDF)

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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)
  
• Supreme Court will hear first appeals involving Guantanamo detainees, Bill Mears for the CNN Law Center (November, 2003)
• Supreme Court to hear Gitmo appeals, Bill Mears for the CNN Law Center (April, 2004)
• Court Urged To Uphold Detention of Taliban Fighters at Guantanamo Bay, Washington Legal Foundation (March, 2004)
• Bush Executive Powers in the Balance: Supreme Court Opinions Expected to Define Authority to Combat, Charles Lane for the Washington Post (May, 2004)
• United States of America: Human Rights v. Public Relations, Amnesty International (August, 2002)
• Synopsis of Rasul v. Bush: The Guantánamo Detainees Case Before the Supreme Court, Center for Constitutional Rights
• The Bush Presidency and Power: The Guantanamo Cases, the Cheney Case, and the 9/11 Hearings, Marci Hamilton for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (April, 2004)
• The U.S. Supreme Court and The Imperial Presidency: How President Bush Is Testing the Limits of His Presidential Powers, John Dean for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (January, 2004)
• Rejecting the All-or-Nothing Approach in the Moussaoui Case and the Guantanamo Detainees Oral Argument, Michael Dorf for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (April, 2004)
• GUANTANAMO AND THE RULE OF LAW: Why We Should Not Use Guantanamo Bay To Avoid The Constitution, Anupam Chander for Findlaw's Legal Commentary (March, 2004)
• Taking the risks: Rights center tackles Guantanamo detentions, Marcia Coyle for the National Law Journal (February, 2003)
• Former U.S. Judges Enter Fray Over Guantanamo Detentions: Gibbons, Orlofsky and Sarokin argue for right of habeas review, Jim Edwards for the New Jersey Law Journal (January, 2004)
• High Court to Hear 'Enemy Combatant' Cases: Lawyers for 16 Detainees at Guantanamo Bay Presenting Arguments Tuesday, Charles Lane for the Washington Post (April, 2004)
• Cuba detainees seek right to appeal, Richard Willing for the USA Today (January, 2004)

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Other References

• Supreme Court Docket
• Medill School of Journalism
• Georgetown Law School panel discussion on the detention cases (.ram)
• Law about...
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federal Courts
  • International Law
  • Jurisdiction
  • Military Law

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