2006.02.14 - PEGC Update ========================== 1) HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD SCOTUSblog -- February 13, 2006 GOVERNMENT: DETAINEES HAVE NO CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS by Lyle Denniston at 06:28 PM http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/02/government_deta.html Supreme Court -- February 13, 2006 Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, No. 05-184 On writ of certiorari to the USCA D.C. Cir. REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENTS' MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/Hamden.05-184.r2eplybrief.pdf * The government's motion and Hamdan's opposition are available here: http://www.hamdanvrumsfeld.com/ 2) THE GULAG New York Times -- February 13, 2006 The Bagram File YEARS AFTER 2 AFGHANS DIED, ABUSE CASE FALTERS By Tim Golden http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/national/13bagram.html The Sunday Times (UK) -- February 12, 2006 REVEALED: THE TERROR PRISON US IS HELPING BUILD IN MOROCCO by Tom Walker Rabat and Sarah Baxter http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2036185_1,00.html 3) OP-ED Slate -- February 1, 2006 COURT STRIPPING: UNCONSCIONABLE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL? By Judith Resnik http://www.slate.com/id/2135240/ Human Rights First -- February 2, 2006 CONSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF MILITARY TRIBUNALS FOR TERRORISM DETAINEES Address by Gabor Rona, Human Rights First, to the Boston Federalist Society http://www.humanrightsfirst.info/pdf/06209-usls-boston-federalist-society.pdf FindLaw -- February 10, 2006 DICK CHENEY AND THE FIGHT OVER "INHERENT" PRESIDENTIAL POWERS: HIS ATTEMPT TO SWING THE PENDULUM BACK BEGAN LONG BEFORE 9/11 By John W. Dean http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dean/20060210.html FindLaw -- February 13, 2006 WHAT ARE THE "INHERENT" POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT? HOW THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION HAS MISTAKEN DEFAULT RULES FOR EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS By Michael C. Dorf http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20060213.html * * * PROJECT TO ENFORCE THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS (PEGC) http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/ Charles B. Gittings Jr. Fort Bragg, California +1-707-964-2151 cbgittingsyahoo.com