Ninth Circuit Court Has Ruled in My Favor
The Ninth Circuit, the most liberal federal appeals court in the country, today unanimously rejected the lawsuit brought against me by Jose Padilla, who is currently serving his sentence for criminal conspiracy charges as an associate of al Qaeda. Despite his conviction, he sued everyone involved in his detention as an enemy combatant. He had already lost in the Fourth Circuit in South Carolina in his lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld and other Pentagon and military officials who were in charge of the Charleston brig, where he was held.
The Ninth Circuit’s decision confirms that this litigation has been baseless from the outset. For several years, Padilla and his attorneys have been harassing the government officials he believes to have been responsible for his detention, and ultimately conviction as a terrorist. He has now lost before two separate courts of appeals, and will need to find a new hobby for his remaining time in prison.
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Re: Ninth Circuit Court Has Ruled in My Favor
What a relief this must be to you, John. I'm sure this has been a years long headache to deal with, and am so glad that you finally have a positive resolution!
Jul '11
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Sweeeeeet! Congrats to you and our country! Perhaps soap sculptures would be a good hobby for him. He should take care not to drop them though, being so fragile.
Jul '10
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Congrats, John!
Jul '11
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This is great news, John. Congratulations to you and to your attorney, Miguel Estrada!
Nov '11
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Good to know that the Ninth Circuit has not entirely lost its way.
May '11
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It must have killed the Ninth Circuit to rule in your favor...
Jun '10
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Free at last! Free at last! That the Lord you're free at last!
Who should be a circuit judge. Isn't he the one who was blackballed by the Dems?
Dec '10
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Congrats, John! Haha, I posted about this *before* you did over on the member feed because I heard you interviewed on my car AM radio top of the hour news about it while I was driving around! Now you and Richard need to do a special edition Epstein & Yoo podcast on this to bring us up to speed, so we will know what is going on as the blasting drones take over for the interrogators and as the death penalty is administered when they aren't even sure who is down there. Anyway. Good work.
Edited on May 2, 2012 at 10:14pmJul '11
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tabula rasa: Free at last! Free at last! That the Lord you're free at last!
Who should be a circuit judge. Isn't he the one who was blackballed by the Dems? · 7 minutes ago
scotus by now! racist dems.
Mar '11
Re: Ninth Circuit Court Has Ruled in My Favor
Excellent news indeed, my congratulations Professor Yoo.
Dec '10
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And, BTW, in your special edition podcast, could you please address the legal stuff we minions need to know about the drones the news says are going to be tracking us? We are a border state and at this point, the people with their fingers on the drones' triggers have me a little nervous, since they seem to be expanding the situations where they shoot first and don't ask any questions... I would like to hear about that.
Jan '11
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Law Talk is such a great listen. You are clear, concise, fair, and judicious (to use that word). Your calm and measured approach seems to be in sharp contradistinction to your detractors. Congratulations on a decision that should have been a no-brainer, but these days you never know!
Mar '11
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Perhaps Mr Padilla will now have time to read Mr Obama's two autobiographies (you know, that talk about his dog-eating and composite girlfriends) - though that might count as torture, which Mr Obama has now banned.
Edited on May 2, 2012 at 10:50pmMay '10
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Congratulations, Professor Yoo!
Sep '10
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Congratulations! A good day for you and our nation.
Re: Ninth Circuit Court Has Ruled in My Favor
Good news.
May '10
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The Ninth Circuit, eh? I wouldn't celebrate too soon, John; aren't they the most overturned circuit court in the U.S.?
Just saying.
Jul '10
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Good news. Will you and Richard discuss the case ina forthcoming podcast?
Sep '10
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will need to find a new hobby for his remaining time in prison.
That sounds somewhat ominous.
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We're already in talks with the prison system to see if we can get "Law Talk" piped into his cell 24/7.
Pseudodionysius:will need to find a new hobby for his remaining time in prison.
That sounds somewhat ominous. · 6 minutes ago