Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law
Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law in Hempstead, New York and a consultant and coordinator to all litigation relating to Guantánamo detainees
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Eric Freedman
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Gitmo Detainees' Status With the leadership of Vice President Cheney, the Bush Administration has insisted that what it calls "illegal combatants in the war on terror" have no rights at all, that Congress has passed a law stripping the courts of jurisdiction over Guantánamo Bay detainees. Lawyers for prisoners at the prison facility insist that the rule of habeas…
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