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"Justices Turn Back Ex-Detainee's Suit"

"Justices Turn Back Ex-Detainee's Suit": Adam Liptak has this article today in The New York Times.

Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Court Says Detainee's Lawsuit Can't Proceed." The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled "Abuse and Accountability: The Supreme Court turns back a detainee's lawsuit against top Justice Department officials."

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court tosses former detainee's lawsuit; The justices rule that Javaid Iqbal, a Pakistani Muslim arrested after Sept. 11, may not sue former Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III for abuses he says he suffered."

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Justices Reject Custody Claims."

Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that "Claim against Ashcroft, Mueller rejected; High court says Pakistani failed to prove link in post-9/11 abuse."

Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Court ruling could protect top Bush officials from terror lawsuits; The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a suit holding FBI Director Robert Mueller and former Attorney General John Ashcroft responsible for wrongful detention of Muslims after 9/11."

At Politico.com, Josh Gerstein reports that "Post-9/11 discrimination suit blocked."

And yesterday evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered" contained an audio segment entitled "Ruling Deals Blow To Ex-Detainee's Abuse Case" (RealPlayer required) featuring Nina Totenberg.

Full post as published by How Appealing on May 20, 2009 (boomark / email).