User:Nukerebel/Timeline of Legal Issues in the War on Terror

2001

September

September 11: Big planes hit big buildings; shit hits fan.

September 4: Congress passes the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Terrorists (AUMF), authorizing the president "to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organiza- tions, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored such organizations or persons, in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the United States by such nations, organizations or persons." ^[1]

November

November 13: President Bush signs military order for detention, treatment and trial for persons captured in the war on terror. ^[2]

2002

January

January 11: The first 20 prisoners arrive at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay. ^[3]

February

February 19: Rasul v. Bush filed in the D.C. Circuit Court.

February 21: Federal judge dismisses a challenge to the detentions.

March

March 21: The Bush administration announces new military tribunal regulations.

June

June 11: Hamdi v. Bush filed in XXXX

2003

March: Federal appeals court rules that the detainees have no legal rights in the United States. (Read the Ruling)

July 03: Bush designates six suspected al Qaeda terrorists eligible for military tribunals -- the first since World War II.

November 10: Supreme Court grants cert in Rasul v. Bush. Al Odah v. U.S. is combined with this case for the purpose of deciding if foreign nationals held in Guantanamo Bay are entitled to habeas relief.^[4]

December 03: Australian detainee David Hicks becomes the first Guantanamo Bay prisoner to be given an attorney.

2004

June 28: Supreme Court rules 6-3 in Rasul v. Bush that Guantanamo Bay detainees are entitles to habeas relief and can use federal court to challenge their captivity, reversing the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.^[5] (542 U.S. 466 (2004))

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld

July 7: In response to the decision, the Pentagon creates special military panels (Combatant Status Review Tribunals) to determine each detainees "enemy combatant" status. (Read the Defense Dept. Order)

August 13: Combatant Status Review Tribunals (CSRTs) start for the detainees. The tribunal involves three officers who present the unclassified summary evidence against the detainee and question him about his role in events. The three judge panel then decides whether the detainee is an enemy combatant or if he is releasable.

November 8: U.S. District Judge James Robertson orders the Pentagon to halt the trial of detainee Salim Ahmed Hamdan who allegedly worked as Osama Bin Laden's driver, saying the military commissions are unlawful and cannot continue in their current form. (Post: Judge Says Detainees' Trials Are Unlawful (Nov. 9, 2004))

2005

July 15: In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals holds that a military tribunal meets the Geneva Conventions requirement for a "competent tribunal," and that Hamdan does not have right to seek redress under the Geneva Conventions in court. (415 F.3d 33 (2005))

November 7: The Supreme Court grants cert in Hamdan.

December XX: Congress passes the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, and it is signed by the President.

2006

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld

October

October 17: Military Commissions Act of 2006 is signed into law.

2007

March 05: Boumediene appeals to the Supreme Court.

June 29: The Supreme Court grants cert for Boumediene.

December 05: Boumediene v. Bush argued before the Supreme Court. (Transcript)

2008

June

June 12: In Boumediene v. Bush, the Supreme Court holds that congress cannot eliminate the.

2009

2010

2011

April 04: Supreme Court declines Al Odah v. U.S. and Awad v Obama, et al. challenging the use of classified, "unsworn statements" in habeas hearings and CSRTs. ^[6]

, letting stand the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that

2012

References

^ Perlez, Jane (15 September 2001). "AFTER THE ATTACKS: THE OVERVIEW; U.S. Demands Arab Countries 'Choose Sides'". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ "A NATION CHALLENGED; President Bush's Order on the Trial of Terrorists by Military Commission". The New York Times. 14 November 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Seelye, Katherine Q. (12 January 2002). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE PRISONERS; First 'Unlawful Combatants' Seized in Afghanistan Arrive at U.S. Base in Cuba". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Greenhouse, Linda (11 November 2003). "Justices to Hear Case of Detainees at Guantanamo". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Stout, David (28 June 2004). "Supreme Court Affirms Detainees' Right to Use Courts". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
^ Denniston, Lyle (04 April 2011). "D.C. Circuit in control on detainees". Scotusblog. Retrieved 14 November 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Perlez, Jane (15 September 2001). "AFTER THE ATTACKS: THE OVERVIEW; U.S. Demands Arab Countries 'Choose Sides'". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[2] "A NATION CHALLENGED; President Bush's Order on the Trial of Terrorists by Military Commission". The New York Times. 14 November 2001. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[3] Seelye, Katherine Q. (12 January 2002). "A NATION CHALLENGED: THE PRISONERS; First 'Unlawful Combatants' Seized in Afghanistan Arrive at U.S. Base in Cuba". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[4] Greenhouse, Linda (11 November 2003). "Justices to Hear Case of Detainees at Guantanamo". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[5] Stout, David (28 June 2004). "Supreme Court Affirms Detainees' Right to Use Courts". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[6] Denniston, Lyle (04 April 2011). "D.C. Circuit in control on detainees". Scotusblog. Retrieved 14 November 2012. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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