Federal Judge Puts 16 Guantanamo Cases On Hold

    Crossposted from The Huffington Post

Associated Press | Posted January 31, 2007

Sixteen lawsuits by Guantanamo Bay detainees were put on hold Wednesday by a federal judge who said he may no longer have jurisdiction to hear their cases.

U.S. District Court Judge Reggie B. Walton in Washington said the Military Commissions Act, signed into law in October, has left him unable to consider whether the detainees can challenge being held at the Navy facility in Cuba         Original Story

   So it took this judge 3 months to come to this conclusion? I'd bet that the White house pressured him into this finding by threatening with an early retirement or disappearance.

 

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