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Human rights organisations pick and choose whose freedom of speech – and other human rights – they are going to defend

Though it reached the right result, the Ninth Circuit’s reasoning in Padilla sets a dangerous precedent that may hinder future responses to attempted acts of terrorism.

A civilian trial? or youre saying they have to be tried within ukraine as well? >> no, no. what im saying is that they would -- in other words, what -- what the law says is that if they try -- that is, ukraine could try their own soldier who committed in the course of armed conflict a war crime or charged with a war crime. if their local courts, their civilian courts under the law as it existed and so forth at the time, they could try their own soldiers for that offense. then they could try a pr...

Western europe, or they had gone to college and were going school. they will all have a story to tell. there will be millions of perfect cheese this is finished there is a very there will be millions of refugees before this is finished. there will be millions affected. >> can, can anybody go after work criminal? i dont think we have to wait for the work to be overcome which is why that investigation is starting so quickly. i have been reading from what the prosecutor has been saying -- going aft...

But is now returning to defend the city. thank you to much for joining us. i wonder what you are doing now.— are doing now. well, my colleague _ are doing now. well, my colleague and _ are doing now. well, my colleague and i - are doing now. well, my colleague and i were - are doing now. well, my i colleague and i were trying are doing now. well, my - colleague and i were trying to reach kyiv yesterday and right before, we were told that a citywide curfew was being imposed and the mayor announ...

I had two amicus briefs that i worked on or three technically but two different cases. >> well have another visit tomorrow. go back and check. im pretty sure in your brief you argued the executive branch should not have the ability to hold an enemy combatant indefinitely. you need to try them or release them. >> yes, senator. as you were talking my client, the cato institute and the constitution project and rutherford institute made that argument and asked me to draft their brief. >> do you agre...

Make -- >> under current law? >> under current law i believe that determination is made by the executive branch and the person is put into -- is detained and then the question becomes whether they are able to bring some sort of legal challenge to that. >> so the law is the executive branch determines if youre an enemy combatant, and under our law you can appeal that decision through habeas, is that correct? >> i believe thats correct. >> is it your view that we can hole enemy combatants as long ...

Government made up of former detainees at gitmo. this whole thing from the left about this war aint working. >> let me also note that larry thompson deputy attorney general. >> steve: there he goes. >> ainsley: katie, the context there when she was a public defender she represented some of the people at gitmo. some of the terrorists after 9/11. she said after 9/11 my brother actually enlisted but she said everyone deserves an attorney and you dont get to choose who you represent when you are a p...

Untenable position. this is not the way you fight a war. if you try to do this in world war ii, theyd run you out of town. we hold enemy combatants as a threat. theres no magical passage of time youve got to let go. my question is very simple. did you support the idea then that indefinite detention of an enemy combatant is unlawful? >> respectfully, senator, when you are an attorney, and you have clients who come to you, whether they pay or not, you represent their positions before the court. >>...