In today's landmark Supreme Court arguments over executive power in wartime, the Bush administration is outnumbered, if not outgunned. More than three dozen briefs have been filed on the side of Guantanamo Bay detainee Salim Hamdan, many from the nation's top law firms. "The blue-chip firms are all in this case," said David Remes, the Covington & Burling partner who coordinated the amicus curiae effort. And the legal elite's nearly united front has not gone unnoticed by the administration.
March 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in a landmark dispute over executive power in wartime, the Bush administration will be outnumbered — if not outgunned.
Many of the nation’s top law firms have signed briefs against the government and in support of Salim Hamdan, the detainee who allegedly served as chauffeur to Osama bin Laden and who is being detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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