The Supreme Court announced Friday that it wants additional briefs from lawyers in the case involving Chinese Muslims who\u2019ve been locked up at Guantanamo Bay for the past eight years. Their case is set for oral arguments before the Court in March. But the recent announcement by the Obama Administration that some of the men are being relocated to Switzerland prompted a letter to the Court from Solicitor General Elena Kagan asking the justices to reconsider hearing the case. It is an issue the justices now want to hear more about.<\/p>\n
The handful of remaining Uighur detainees are at Guantanamo even though the U.S. Government no longer considers them a threat. But efforts to find other countries to take them have proven to be very difficult. The island nations of Bermuda and Palau have taken some. A federal judge in Washington D.C., concluding that the government no longer had grounds to hold the men, ordered them released into the United States. But that decision was immediately stayed and then overruled on appellate review. The Uighurs appealed to the Supreme Court. Last year the justices appeared to delay consideration of the case to give the government more time to relocate the men but finally announced they were going to take the case and set arguments for March. Below is the actual order from the Court:<\/p>\n
08-1234 KIYEMBA, JAMAL, ET AL. V. OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL.<\/p>\n
The parties are directed to file letter briefs addressing the following question: What should be the effect, if any, of the developments discussed in the letters submitted by the parties on February 3 and 5 on the Court\u2019s grant of certiorari in this case? The briefs, limited to 8 pages, are to be filed simultaneously with the Clerk and served upon opposing counsel on or before 2 p.m., Friday, February 19, 2010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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