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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Lack of accountability in the "war on terror"

The Ninth Circuit today reversed the district court’s ruling in Padilla v. Yoo, ordering that former “enemy combatant” Jose Padilla’s civil damages suit against John Yoo be dismissed on qualified immunity grounds. The dismissal represents the latest refusal of a federal court to provide a remedy for abuses committed during the war on terrorism.
Read it at Balkanization
The Ninth Circuit’s Dismissal in Padilla: The Accountability Gap Widens
by Jonathan Hafetz

1 comment:

  1. If the ninth circuit unanimously rejected Padilla's lawsuit you have to believe it was baseless. Padilla has been striking out everywhere. Not a good example of "lack of accountability".

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