The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has dismissed a habeas petition by a number of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, holding that the Military Commissions Act of 2006 deprives federal courts of jurisdiction over these detainees’ cases. (The opinion is uploaded here). The majority also finds that there is no Suspension Clause problem in the MCA (in … Continue reading D.C. Circuit Dismisses Guantanamo Petitioners Under Military Commissions Act