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The Advocates Speak: Guantanamo Detainee Cases

Held on the day that the two Guantanamo detainee habeas corpus cases were argued in the Supreme Court, this event featured leading advocates and amici in the cases. The cases are Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States, which involve the issue of whether the Military Commissions Act may constitutionally remove the right of detainees to challenge the legality of their detention in habeas corpus proceedings in federal court.

The panel featured:

  • David Cynamon, Partner, Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, and Pittman, LLP; Counsel to Al Odah

  • Ketanji Brown Jackson, Of Counsel, Morrison & Foerster LLP

  • Timothy Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal Justice, Cato Institute

  • Cecillia Wang, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project

  • Paul Wolfson, Partner, WilmerHale; Counsel to Boumediene

  • Moderator, Katherine Stern, Jones Day


    • 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
    Wednesday, December 5, 2007
    Jones Day
    51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20001

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