Articles by Josh Gerstein

Legal

Appeals court looks set to let Pentagon out of 9/11 plea deals An appeals court signaled it will override a military judge’s ruling that the agreements avoiding the death penalty were binding.

February 7, 2025   

(Politico) A federal appeals court appears poised to rule that the Pentagon has the authority to withdraw from plea deals ruling out the death penalty that were negotiated with three Guantanamo Bay prisoners accused of plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. […]

Government & Politics

Appeals court revives suit over Trump ‘Muslim ban’ documents D.C. Circuit ruling could open more draft documents to public disclosure

December 10, 2021 and   

(Politico) A federal appeals court has overturned a lower-court decision that allowed the Department of Justice to withhold emails related to former President Donald Trump’s 2017 travel ban that largely targeted Muslim-majority nations. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the […]