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4 Jun 2011, 6:23 pm by royblack
This week in Ashcroft v. [read post]
1 Jun 2011, 6:48 am by Adam Chandler
Decisions The banner headline emanating from the Court yesterday was its decision in the qualified immunity case Ashcroft v. al-Kidd. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:37 am by Courtney Minick
The Court found that Yoo was entitled to qualified immunity under Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, because regardless of the legality of plaintiff’s detention and the wisdom of Yoo’s judgments, at the time he acted the law was not “sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he [wa]s doing violated[d]” plaintiff’s rights. [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:37 am by Courtney Minick
” The Court found that Yoo was entitled to qualified immunity under Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, because regardless of the legality of plaintiff’s detention and the wisdom of Yoo’s judgments, at the time he acted the law was not “sufficiently clear that every reasonable official would have understood that what he [wa]s doing violated[d]” plaintiff’s rights. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 6:35 am by James Bickford
At this blog, Lyle Denniston analyzes Justice Kennedy’s concurrence in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd. [read post]
7 Jun 2011, 6:29 am by Nabiha Syed
Briefly: At his Jost on Justice blog, Ken Jost argues that in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd the Court gave former attorney general John Ashcroft “a pass,” while giving respondent Abdullah al-Kidd “the back of its hand” for the misuse of the material witness statute. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 6:17 am by A. Benjamin Spencer
Plata: The court's endorsement of broad injunctive relief, particularly in the area of prison management, was out of character.Honorable Mention: Unanimous holdings in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, American Electric Power v. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 7:58 am by James Bickford
” Bob Egelko of the San Francisco Chronicle suggests that the Court’s decision on qualified immunity in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd may help John Yoo, a Bush-era official in the Office of Legal Counsel, shield himself from suit by Jose Padilla, an American who was detained for four years in a Navy brig. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 4:10 am by Jeffrey Kahn
  I also explore some parallels between Donovan’s time and ours, including the public pummeling Donovan took for his pro bono defense of Abel (not unlike crude attacks on the Guantánamo defense bar) and the pretextual use of legal authority (the unresolved issue behind Ashcroft v. al-Kidd). [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 3:56 am by Renee Newman Knake
Cases Scheduled for Argument Ashcroft v. al-Kidd (to be argued 3.2.11) Ashcroft questions the availability of prosecutorial immunity for then-Attorney General Ashcroft's use of the federal material witness warrant as a tool for preventative detention and investigation of terrorist suspects. [read post]