Sentences with phrase «over habeas»
It is important to note that this decision concerned only the appellate jurisdiction of the Supreme Court over habeas corpus matters, rather than its original jurisdiction over habeas corpus matters brought directly to it.
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«Sept. 11 Plotter Asks Court for Lawyer, Trial; Case Embodies Debate Over Habeas Rights»: This article appears today in The Washington Post.
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Yet we find ourselves in the midst of a national debate, highlighted by Supreme Court arguments this week, over whether the Constitution means what it says by the words, «The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, except when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.»
Mauro at The BLT writes that the U.S. District Court in Washington, which now has habeas jurisdiction over the detainees as a result of today's ruling, is already responding to the decision.
Legal Times colleague Joe Palazzolo reports that the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia which now has habeas jurisdiction over the detainees as a result of today's ruling, is already responding to the decision.
Using a costs award to discourage unnecessary litigation over money between represented parties is one thing, but using a costs award to discourage a habeas corpus claim involving a self - represented litigant amounts to financially penalizing Mr. Voisey's attempted enforcement of his own human rights, which seems unnecessarily severe.
Circuit courts have jurisdiction over all civil cases at law over $ 2,500 with limited exceptions; all civil cases in equity; proceedings in habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto, prohibition, and certiorari; and all felonies and misdemeanors.
Habeas corpus has a symbolically central place in the law because it was the primary means by which a private individual could contest government authority over a person in a court of law where the citizen was in theory at least on an equal footing with the state.