I'm grateful to the former Abu Ghraib prisoners who brought this suit, and to the lawyers at @ccrjustice.org who fought so hard. Their work is an inspiration even if this result is a travesty of justice and an indictment of the courts, the Supreme Court most of all. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

$42 Million Abu Ghraib Jury Verdict Is Overturned on Appeal

A Fourth Circuit panel ordered the case to be dismissed, citing a new Supreme Court ruling limiting the ability of foreign citizens to sue in U.S. court.

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I wish this reporter had spoken to a broader range of experts. There’s no justification for a court taking nine weeks to reach the First Amendment claim. In the other students’ cases, judges have managed to write meticulous opinions in days. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/n...

Why Mahmoud Khalil Remains in Detention as Other Protesters Are Freed

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We should recall the role lawyers played in fighting the Bush administration and its assault on law during the War on Terror. An army of firms—including Paul Weiss—flooded the courts with powerful challenges to executive overreach. @baherazmy.bsky.social

Lawyers Face an Existential Choice - Boston Review

Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline.

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In a Courtroom Friday, I Saw Firsthand Just How Abnormal This Moment Has Become

The mundane cruelty of the new Trump years.

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Men who were once imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay write about the detention of migrants there now: "We are not just survivors of Guantánamo. We are witnesses. And we will not let the world forget." www.forever-wars.com/former-guant...

Former Guantánamo Prisoners Condemn Trump’s Order on Migrants

"Guantánamo does not just allow abuse; it ensures cruelty," write sixteen people who know the real Guantánamo, not the propaganda

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My piece on the predictable -- and once preventable -- dangers of Gtmo 3.0. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Trump Is Embracing a Shameful Stain on American History

This could have been avoided.

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