Writ of Certiorari Filed
We have filed our petition to be heard by the Supreme Court. You may read the Writ here. We will keep you posted on any developments. Thank you for your continued support.
We have filed our petition to be heard by the Supreme Court. You may read the Writ here. We will keep you posted on any developments. Thank you for your continued support.
We are planning to file a “writ of certiorari” with the Supreme Court some time in December 2013. This means we are asking the high court to take our case. We will provide exact dates as soon as we have them. If you are interested in submitting a merit brief in support of the court […]
Incredibly, despite the recent NSA revelations showing that the United States government lied in court in the Clapper v. Amnesty International USA ruling, the second circuit referred to that ruling and decided that our US plaintiffs lack standing and our non-US plaintiffs cannot prove harm. In Clapper, the plaintiffs lost in part because it was […]
This means that the emergency stay which was placed on Judged Forrests’ injunction against Section 1021 and indefinite detention will remain in effect. Now we wait on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling. View the Supreme Court’s Order More thoroughly: THIS is what happened: Our attorneys asked the Supreme Court to consider lifting the […]
Our second circuit court date has been set for Wednesday, February 6, 2013 at 10AM, in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit – Thurgood Marshall Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY – Room 1505 on 15th floor. If you support our efforts to restore your rights and are in the New York […]
On September 12, 2012 we had one of the biggest victories for civil liberties and against government overreach in a decade. Judge Forrest granted a permanent injunction against Section 1021(b)(2), the government promptly filed an appeal, and then went further: they requested a stay of execution on the injunction from Judge Forrest, once again providing […]