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Authors: Owen Fiss
institutionalization of,
120–21
Obama administration and,
119–21
procedural issues,
84–86
rules of evidence in,
84
structural aspects of,
85–86
transformation from necessity to convenience,
108
trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,
101
unconstitutionality of,
96–97
U.S. Congress and,
87
U.S. Department of Defense and,
108
in World War II,
108
See also
Military Commissions Act of 2006
;
Military Commissions Act of 2009
;
military tribunals
Military Commissions Act of 2006,
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87–90
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111–13
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293n20
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293n21
Court of Appeals and,
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legality of,
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Obama administration and,
120
torture and,
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Military Commissions Act of 2009,
120–21
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military necessity,
129–30
deference to in times of war,
132–37
fundamental values and,
134–35
military tribunals,
19–22
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25
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79–80
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135
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appellate review and,
81
establishment of,
155
procedural deficiencies of,
89
See also
military commissions
dilemma of each individual justice,
94–98
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
and,
82–83
,
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as a judicial strategy,
94–95
,
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Mobbs, Michael,
16–19
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30
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Mohammed, Khalid Sheikh,
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trial of,
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158–59
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232
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Mukasey, Michael B.,
22–24
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176–77
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Mumbai, India, terrorist attacks in,
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National Security Agency (NSA),
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200–202
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221–22
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warrantless wiretapping and,
112–13
New York Times
,
33
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New York Times Co. v. Sullivan
,
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New York Times v. United States
,
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noncitizens,
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vs. citizens,
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constitutional rights of,
22
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53–68
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74–75
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78–89
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115–16
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272–73
as enemy combatants,
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FISA and,
240–41
in Guantánamo prison,
13–14
habeas corpus and,
12–15
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40
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53–68
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70–71
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78–89
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88
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107
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122
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165–66
imprisonment without trial and,
163–64
military commissions and,
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,
121
principle of freedom and,
165
USA PATRIOT Act and,
12
warrantless wiretapping and,
273
Non-Detention Act of 1971,
44–46
,
164–65
Northern Alliance,
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13
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17
North Jersey Media Group, Inc. v. Ashcroft
,
29–30
Northwest Airlines, attempted bombing of,
119
Obama, Barack,
99
avoidance of phrase “War on Terror,”
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banning of torture,
157
decision against truth commissions,
118
,
194–95
decision not to criminally prosecute previous administration,
118
,
194–95
decision not to prosecute CIA agents,
194–95
executive order banning torture,
118
executive orders confining CIA to interrogation based on Army Field Manual,
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executive order to close Guantánamo,
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,
193
Guantánamo detainees’ hunger strike of 2013 and,
143
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144–45
national security agenda of,
221–22
policies on torture,
193–95
policy on imprisonment without trial,
156
,
159–67
policy toward the Taliban,
150–51
promise to change counterterrorism policies of Bush Administration,
117–18
promise to close Guantánamo prison,
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117
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121–22
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143
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promise to develop system of “judicial and congressional oversight,”
159–60
on proportionality rule,
270–71
reasons for continuing Bush administration policies,
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speech at National Archives 2009,
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150–52
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speech at National Defense University,
270–71
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stated opposition to torture,
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statement distinguishing between imprisonment policy on citizens vs. noncitizens,
163–64
targeted killing and,
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vote against FISA Amendments Act of 2008,
122–23
See also
Obama administration
Obama administration,
101–2
AUMF and,
159–60
blocking of judicial inquiries into extraordinary rendition,
118–19
Boumediene v. Bush
and,
121–22
continuation of Bush-era policies,
x
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xiii
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xiv
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100–103
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117–24
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143–44
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150–51
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156–57
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159–67
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202
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223–24
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259
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272–73
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285
detention policy and,
161–67
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272–73
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310–11n8
electronic surveillance program of,
222–58
extraordinary rendition and,
193–94
FISA Amendments Act of 2008 and,
231–33
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial and,
120
military commissions and,
119–21
oversight system for imprisonment without trial,
159–61
principle of freedom and,
147
,
161–67
targeted killing of citizens and,
273–74
Terrorist Surveillance Program and,
231–33
warrantless wiretapping and,
122–23
,
231–33
war with al-Qaeda and,
117–24
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219
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268
See also
Obama, Barack
Occupied Territories,
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310n7
Boumediene v. Bush
and,
311n11
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
and,
46–48
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49–52
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79–80
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113–14
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135
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164–65
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278–79
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290n14
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290n20
as minimalist,
69
Rasul v. Bush
and,
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United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
and,
64
Office of the Director of National Intelligence,
160
,
242
Olmstead v. United States
,
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,
254
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act,
235–36
One Case at a Time
(Sunstein),
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,
93
overbreadth doctrine,
256–57
,
310n89
Padilla, Jose,
22–24
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35–36
,
38–45
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158
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164
downgrading of charges against,
43–44
habeas corpus and,
41–44
sentencing and resentencing of,
36
transfer to civilian custody,
289n7
See also
Rumsfeld v. Padilla
See also
Occupied Territories
Panetta, Leon,
193–94
Pentagon Papers case,
197
Persian Gulf War,
10
“personal” injury,
126
Philippines,
183
plea agreements,
25–26
political advocacy
coordinated versus independent,
218