• Padilla v. Yoo: A Blow to the Government

  Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:35 PM | By Emily Bazelon
  
  
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  Late last Friday, in a development that hasn't gotten enough attention, a judge appointed by George W. Bush breathed a big breath of life into a lawsuit that seeks to hold John Yoo accountable for the abuse suffered by Jose Padilla, one of the Bush administration's most notoriously mistreated one-time enemy combatants. I've written about Padilla's suit against Yoo for Slate. When it was filed, Padilla's lawyers were accused of abusing the legal system by going after Yoo, a sole former Bush lawyer who is on the faculty of Berkeley's law school. (Disclosure: Padillla's counsel include Jonathan Freiman, who is a friend of mine, and students in a Yale Law School clinic, where I'm a fellow.) Let's just say that last week's ruling by Judge Jeffrey White is a major victory for Padilla and sweet vindication for the lawyers who represent him. The judge rejected all but one of Yoo's claims of immunity and said... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
  Filed under: torture, Department of Justice, john yoo, jose padilla

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