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D.C. Circuit: Detainee “road block”?

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This article, written by Lyle Denniston, was posted on SCOTUSBlog this week.  An interesting summary of the challenges being mounted against the unlawful detention of persons in Guantanamo Bay. " Lawyers in a Guantanamo case intensify in the Court their challenge to the D.C. Circuit’s handling of a number of Guantanamo cases. A particular target, singled out for the first time: Circuit Judge Randolph. The lengthening series of D.C. Circuit Court rulings against the legal claims of Guantanamo Bay detainees drew its sharpest complaint yet in a new filing at the Supreme Court Wednesday. What has emerged is open rhetorical warfare on the Circuit Court judge who has been the architect of many of its rulings in Guantanamo cases: Senior Judge A. Raymond Randolph. He recently gave a public lecture, titled “The Guantanamo Mess,” which is linked in the new brief, suggesting that the judge “has all but announced a public agenda.” The filing accuses Randolph of leading the Circuit Court