12.10.2008

Ashcroft v. Iqbal

SCOTUS heard arguments yesterday on an interesting "war on terror" case. Iqbal was rounded up post-9/11 in NYC and shipped overseas to be tortured ("rendition") for 7 months and left in solitary (the "grave"). Then he was brought back to the U.S. and everything was dropped. He's now living in Canada, but has brought a suit - essentially fought over trying to add John Ashcroft and Mueller as defendants and hold them accountable for their agencies' actions!

Unlikely. But a noble try. Here's SCOTUSblog and NPR's take.

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