Johnson v. Eisentrager
339 U.S. 763 (1950) Cited 332 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that aliens detained on a U.S. military base outside sovereign U.S. territory have no due process rights
Rasul v. Myers
512 F.3d 644 (D.C. Cir. 2008) Cited 40 times
Holding that the alleged "authorization, implementation and supervision of torture" was within the scope of employment of military officers who interrogated defendants at the United States Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, because "the detention and interrogation of suspected enemy combatants [was] a central part of the [employees'] duties as military officers charged with winning the war on terror," even notwithstanding "allegations of serious criminality"
Boumediene v. Bush
476 F.3d 981 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 41 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding alien detained as enemy combatant at Guantánamo Bay has no constitutional right to writ of habeas corpus
Belbacha v. Bush
520 F.3d 452 (D.C. Cir. 2008) Cited 19 times
Recognizing that federal courts have "presumptive jurisdiction . . . to inquire into the constitutionality of a jurisdiction-stripping statute"
Section 1651 - Writs
28 U.S.C. § 1651 Cited 11,013 times 60 Legal Analyses
Granting us the power to "issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of [our] . . . jurisdiction[] and agreeable to the usages and principles of law"