U.S. District Court Rules on Military Commissions Act

December 13th, 2006 at 11:04pm

U.S. District Judge James Robertson has dismissed the petition of Salim Ahmed Hamdan for a writ of habeas corpus. Judge Robertson’s December 13 decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld found that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 had effectively stripped the court of jurisdiction over habeas petitions. The full decision is here.

Entry Filed under: Americas, International Humanitarian Law (Laws of War)