Judge Rules Guantanamo Military Commissions Are Unconstitutional
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A federal judge ruled Monday that President Bush had both overstepped his constitutional bounds and improperly brushed aside the Geneva Conventions in establishing military commissions to
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A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.
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Description: A terrorism trial at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, came to an abrupt halt Monday after a federal judge ruled that the defendant had not been given a chance to show he is a prisoner of war.
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A federal judge in Oregon ruled yesterday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional, marking the second time in as many weeks that the anti-terrorism law has come under attack in the courts.
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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The government's new system for trying Guantanamo detainees was thrown into turmoil yesterday, when military judges in separate decisions dismissed war-crimes charges against two detainees.
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Feds push for new, zestier Fourth Amendment A federal judge today struck down provisions of the Patriot Act as unconstitutional, adding fuel to the politically charged debate over the controversial law.â¦
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One section of the Patriot Act was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a federal judge. The section, 505, gave the FBI power to demand information from companies without a court order and bars recipients of
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WASHINGTON -- The decision by US military judges Monday to dismiss the war crimes charges against two detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has reignited a debate over how to try those accused of terrorism, prompting members of Congress to challenge the Bush administration over a legal system they say denies proper rights to detainees and has yet to bring ...
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A military appeals court sided with the Pentagon on Monday, overruling a judge who threw out terrorism charges against a Guantanamo Bay detainee
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A U.S. military judge dismissed all charges yesterday against a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that his war-crimes trial cannot move forward under the current military commissions law, a decision that could delay future legal proceedings at the U.S. detention facility.
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Surveillance powers granted to the FBI  under the Patriot Act, a cornerstone of the Bush  Administration's war on terror, were ruled unconstitutional by  a judge on Wednesday in a new blow to U.S. security policies.
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A federal judge shut down the first American military commission since World War II yesterday, ruling that the Bush administration violated the
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A U.S. military judge today dismissed all charges against a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that his murder trial cannot go forward under the current law governing military commissions.
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A federal judge on Wednesday questioned the Bush administration's broad definition of its powers to indefinitely imprison alleged Taliban and al Qaeda fighters at the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, especially those who have never taken up arms against the United States.
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A federal judge ordered the government to justify why it has been holding detainees in a U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly three years without charges and explain why they should not be released.
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A key part of the Patriot Act, a  central plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was  ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday, in the  latest blow to U.S. security policies.
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A Guantanamo prisoner who won a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June lost his bid to challenge his detention on Wednesday when a federal judge dismissed the case because of a new anti-terrorism law signed by President George W. Bush.