Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog has the latest on detainee cases. In one case, five Uighurs have asked for a rehearing. Another intriguing situation is the challenge to the use of a U.S. prison in Bagram, which is now going back to lower court to allow for the submission of new evidence:
Setting the stage for a new challenge to the U.S. government’s use of a prison in Afghanistan to hold detainees who had been captured outside that country, the D.C. Circuit Court has told lawyers for three prisoners there that they may offer new evidence to a federal judge in a renewed test of their captivity. The lawyers have argued that the evidence shows a government plan to hold prisoners there indefinitely, and without charging them with any crime. The Justice Department has not yet responded to that claim, but will have a chance do so when the case returns to U.S. District Court.
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