habeas-corpus
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A Step back in History – Part 3
On May 2, I published this post on Mahdawi v. Trump. Like Ozturk, Mahdawi was detained for alleged anti-Israeli activities as a student. This post gives an overview of the status of cases such as this. This week the District Court for the District of Vermont ruled in favor of a motion for release filed by the Continue reading
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A Step back in History – Part 2
On April 23 I published the following post – the D.U.B. and R.M.M. case is interested as a different habeas issue arose with respect to this case than from Ozturk. These cases involve the Alien Enemies Act – not the immigration statutes – so the habeas issues are different. Yesterday, Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney of Continue reading
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A Step by in History – Part 1
On April 21, 2025 I posted the following regarding the District Court’s decision in Ozturk v. Trump. Ozturk was a student at Tufts who was detained months after she co-authored an article in the Tufts student newspaper arguably criticizing Israel for the ongoing conflict in Gaza. After Ozturk’s detention, she was transported across New England, eventually to be Continue reading
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The Great Writ Has Arrived
After over 10 years on a different platform, I find myself starting all over on WordPress. The Great Writ started as a means to comment on what was then a fairly steady trickle of habeas corpus cases issued by our federal courts. These cases involve, for the most part, federal court review of state and Continue reading
The Great Writ 