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Unfortunately, the Feinstein amendment [to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2013 (S. 3254)] fails to address a central concern raised in the public debates: the specter of the military being used to police our streets and detain individuals on U.S. soil. The bill also unintentionally reinforces the false and discriminatory notion that due process protections are only afforded to some – not all – persons within the United States.
Brief of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices in Support of Appellant Julio Cesar Ortega Campoverde.
Memorandum of Amici Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont.
A judge, while presiding over a case at Guantanamo, secretly negotiated for a job as an immigration judge in the U.S. Department of Justice (Executive Office for Immigration Review). Thus, the judge presided over a case in which his potential employer appeared. That alone should be sufficient grounds to require disqualification.
President Lisa Wayne's letter to a member of the U.S. House regarding proposals in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2012 that would affect people charged and detained for terrorism crimes.
Brief for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pretrial Justice Institute, and Center for Legal and Evidence-Based Practices in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees and Affirmance.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of appellant.
Material Witness and incommunicado detention update Kent V. Anderson
Material Witness Kent V. Anderson, Jonathon E. Hawley
