I’ve written at some length in the past about judicial hostility to damages suits brought by victims of allegedly unlawful post-9/11 counterterrorism policies. I may have to rethink some of that...
A scathing watchdog report by the Detention Watch Network and the Center for Constitutional Rights adds fuel to the growing criticism against exorbitant taxpayer funding for private prison...
Former top U.S. officials can be held liable for the abuse of hundreds of detainees rounded up after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks for minor immigration violations, a federal appeals court said...
A divided U.S. appeals court said the federal government's top law enforcers can be sued by former inmates who claim their civil rights were violated while jailed after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks...
Top officials during the George W. Bush era can be held legally liable for the roundup of innocent detainees post-9/11, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the 2nd Circuit U.S...
Arabs and Muslims detained in the wake of the 9/11 attacks can sue top officials in George Bush's administration for civil rights abuses, a court has ruled The landmark ruling from three Court of...
A federal appeals court reinstated complaints in a lawsuit against former Justice Department officials, who allegedly violated the rights of Arab or Muslim immigrants in the immediate months after...
The climate of "hysteria" following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks may have led Attorney General John Ashcroft to treat undocumented Muslims and Arabs as potential terrorists based on the thinnest of...
A US appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a claim against former attorney general John Ashcroft and other Justice Department officials, stemming from the abuse of Arab and Muslim men and others...
High-level officials in the George W. Bush administration can be sued by immigrants who were swept up in post-9/11 investigations and subjected to abuse while held in detention facilities, the Second...
