In a significant ruling today, a federal appeals court overturned a conviction of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden’s driver, obtained through a military commission. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a George W. Bush appointee seen as a possible conservative Supreme Court justice, wrote in a ruling for a three-judge panel of the DC Circuit Court that Hamdan [...]
DC Circuit Overturns Hamdan Conviction, Says Military Commissions Unusable for Material Support Charges |
| By: David Dayen Tuesday October 16, 2012 2:02 pm |



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