September 15, 2006

Members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation

Washington, D.C.

Re: Pending Efforts to Strip Federal Courts of Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction Relating to Guantánamo Prisoners

Dear Congressperson:

We are members of the Illinois legal community who are concerned about the ongoing efforts to remove jurisdiction from the United States District Court in Washington, D.C. over habeas corpus claims brought by Guantánamo Bay prisoners. As you know, in Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the federal court in Washington, D.C. has jurisdiction to hear those claims. Congress is now considering doing what it refused to do last fall in the Detainee Treatment Act – retroactively strip the federal district courts of jurisdiction to hear the pending Guantánamo habeas claims.

Some of us have experience as prosecutors, some as defense counsel, and others of us have not been directly involved in the criminal justice process. Some of us are Republicans, some of us are Democrats, and some of us are unaffiliated with either political party. What we have in common is our commitment to due process and the rule of law, the pillars of our nation’s proud legal tradition.

Currently, only ten of the approximately 460 men held at Guantánamo have been charged with war crimes before military commissions, and plans have been announced to charge the 14 men recently transferred there from CIA prisons. That leaves approximately 435 men who likely will never be brought before a military commission. For these 435 men, habeas corpus is the only meaningful method of challenging the legality of their detention. These men have filed petitions for habeas corpus, and they have been held for four and one-half years without being heard by an impartial tribunal.

If enacted, the proposed legislation would effectively authorize the Executive Branch to detain indefinitely anyone it deems an “enemy combatant” without charging them with a crime or treating them as a prisoner of war. As an example, someone who was detained because of mistaken identity will have no right to establish that fact before an impartial tribunal.

The right of habeas corpus was enshrined in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers as the means by which anyone, who is detained by the Executive, may challenge the lawfulness of his detention. It is a vital part of our system of “checks and balances” and an important safeguard against mistakes which can be made even by the best intentioned government officials.

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We urge you to uphold the fundamental rights that countless Americans have fought and died for, and to oppose any legislation that would strip the men at Guantánamo and others of the right to challenge their detentions in a court of law. Thank you very much for your consideration of the views expressed in this letter.1

Sincerely,

Jerold S. Solovy, Jenner & Block LLP2 Robert A. Helman, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP Anton R. Valukas, Jenner & Block LLP Dan K. Webb, Winston & Strawn LLP Thomas P. Sullivan, Jenner & Block LLP Hon. George N. Leighton Hon. Carol Moseley Braun Kimball R. Anderson, Winston & Strawn LLP Joseph Margulies, MacArthur Justice Center Robert L. Graham, Jenner & Block LLP Gary A. Isaac, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP Jeffrey D. Colman, Jenner & Block LLP David J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP Patricia A. Bronte, Jenner & Block LLP Wade A. Thomson, Jenner & Block LLP Maya D. Nath, Jenner & Block LLP Elton Y. Wong, Jenner & Block LLP Locke E. Bowman, III, MacArthur Justice Center Scott R. Lassar, Sidley Austin LLP Nancy C. Loeb, Esq. Lowell E. Sachnoff, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Alexander Polikoff, Esq. Daniel E. Reidy, Jones Day Manuel Sanchez, Sanchez & Daniels William A. Von Hoene, Jr, Esq.

Aaron A. Barlow, Jenner & Block LLP Aarti Kotak, Esq. Adrian Barr, Prairie State Legal Services Rebecca J. Krasaeath, Jenner & Block LLP

1 Responses may be made to Jeffrey D. Colman. His contact information is email at [email protected], or telephone at 312.923.2940, or mail at Jeffrey D. Colman, Jenner & Block, One IBM Plaza, Suite 4200, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

2 Firm names are included to identify counsel and not to reflect that the firms support the views in this letter.

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Patrick F. Cassidy, Office of the State Appellate Defender Paul Brayman, Esq. Richard J. Zito, Jenner & Block LLP Frank Auwarter, Esq. Henry Hill, Esq. Beverley J. Klein, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP Bob Glaves, The Chicago Bar Foundation Bob Hodge, Bob Hodge Law Offices Paul E. Greenwalt, Schiff Hardin LLP Alan D. Goldberg, Illinois Office of the State Appellate Defender Alexis Reed, Esq. Stuart D. Polizzi, Jenner & Block LLP Tom Geraghty, Northwestern University School of Law Toni Merrick, Esq. Traci M. Braun, Jenner & Block LLP Tyson K. Harper, Cotsirilos, Tighe & Streicker, Ltd. Vicki D. Bitner, Esq. Alicia Perla, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Amanda J. Ripp, Burke Burns & Pinelli, Ltd. Amy K. Trueblood, Jenner & Block LLP Andrew A. Jacobson, Jenner & Block LLP Andrew D. Hoeg, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP Anne S. Kenney, Jenner & Block LLP Anthony J. Masciopinto, Paul B. Episcope, LLC. Lisa G. Southerland, Office of the State Appellate Defender Lorena Bray Driscoll, Esq. Lori Lightfoot, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Maile H. Solís-Szukala, Esq. Marc D. Hauser, Esq. Patricia F. Sharkey, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Barbara C. Kamm, Office of the State Appellate Defender Barbara E. Hermansen, Schiff Hardin, LLP Barry Levenstam, Jenner & Block LLP Barry S. Rosen, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Barry Sullivan, Jenner & Block LLP Benjamin J. Bradford, Jenner & Block LLP Bennett Lasko, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Bernard Sahlins, Esq. Allan Horwich, Schiff Hardin, LLP Allyson L. Wilcox, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Amanda Ingram, Office of the State Appellate Defender Beth Herndobler, Office of the State Appellate Defender Bette Cerf Hill, Esq. Bettina Getz, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Bojan Guzina, Sidley Austin LLP

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Anne C. Fitzpatrick, Jenner & Block LLP Charles Murdock, Esq. Charles P. Schwartz, Jr, Esq. Barbara J. Putta, Esq. Barbara S. Steiner, Jenner & Block LLP Barbara Watkins, Esq. Charles Roth, National Immigrant Justice Center Chester T. Kamin, Jenner & Block LLP Chip Peters, Schiff Hardin LLP Chris C. Gair, Jenner & Block LLP Christ S. Stacey, Law Offices of Christ S. Stacey Christian Auty, Jones Day Christian E. Kimball, Jenner & Block LLP Christina Lane, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Christopher C. Dickinson, Jenner & Block LLP David M. Greenwald, Jenner & Block LLP David M. Lundeen, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP David M. Spector, Schiff Hardin LLP Christopher Kopacz, Office of the State Appellate Defender Christopher M. Smith, Office of the State Appellate Defender Christopher Tompkins, Jenner & Block LLP Claire Hugi, Esq. Clifford J. Shapiro, Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd. Clyde Murphy, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. Colleen K. Connell, ACLU of Illinois Courtney Rosen, Sidley Austin LLP Craig H. Zimmerman, Esq. Cynthia Baker, Chapman and Cutler Cyrus F. Bharucha, Esq. Dan Zoloth Dorfman, Esq. Dana S. Douglas, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Daniel I. Konieczny, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC Anthony W. Hill, Durkin & Roberts John H. Bitner, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC John H. Mathias, Jenner & Block LLP John W. Newlin, Jenner & Block LLP Antony S. Burt, Schiff Hardin, LLP Kevin J. Byrne, Schiff Hardin, LLP Kevin Pecoraro, Sidley Austin LLP Kevin Raica, Azulay, Horn & Seiden, LLC Arthur B. Muir, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP Arthur W. Friedman, Esq. Daniel J. Delaney, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Christopher C. Kendall, The Law Office of Christopher C. Kendall, P.C. Christopher D. Liguori, Jenner & Block LLP

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Hanna L. Stotland, Jenner & Block LLP Harold Stotland, Teller, Levit, & Silvertrust Harry J. Roper, Jenner & Block LLP Harvey Nixon, Esq. Heather L. Kramer, Schwartz Cooper Chartered Heather Lewis, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Heidi Dalenberg, Schiff Hardin LLP Helen Baker, Freeborn & Peters LLP Henry H. Hess, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC Daniel R. Murray, Jenner & Block LLP Daniel T. Coyne, Law Offices of Chicago-Kent College of Law Danielle Meltzer Cassel, DLA Piper, Rudnick, Gray & Cary Dave Crossett, Esq. Herbert L. Zarov, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Herbert W. Krueger, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Howard R. Barron, Schiff Hardin LLP Gregory S. Gallopoulos, Jenner & Block LLP Gregory T. Fouts, Jenner & Block LLP Howard Roin, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Howard S. Suskin, Jenner & Block LLP Ismail Alsheik, Schiff Hardin, LLP J. Bradley J. Keck, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP J. Craig Walker, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC J. Robert Robertson, Esq. Scott M. Mendel, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Thomas N. Jersild, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Marc R. Kadish, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Thomas P. Monroe, Jenner & Block LLP Jacob Karaca, Esq. Jamal S. Muhammad, Schiff Hardin LLP James A. Clark, Schiff Hardin, LLP David C. Giles, Schiff Hardin LLP David C. Layden, Jenner & Block LLP David E. Stevenson, Williams Montgomery & John Ltd. David E. Walters, Jenner & Block LLP James A. McKenna, Jenner & Block LLP James A. Vroman, Jenner & Block LLP James D. Holzhauer, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP James T. McLaughlin, Jr., Esq. James W. Gladden, Jr. , Esq. David Herbst, Butler, Rubin, Saltarelli & Boyd David K. Haase, Jenner & Block LLP David Narefsky, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Jamie S. Franklin, Meites, Mulder, Mollica & Glink Jane D. Yanovsky, Freeborn & Peters LLP

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Janice H. Lam, Jenner & Block LLP John R. Schleppenbach, Jenner & Block LLP Steven J. Harper, Esq. Stuart Joshua Holt, Esq. Susan E. Bell, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Janice Loughlin, Esq. Jason Fliegel, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Jason J. Green, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC Jayne Laiprasert, Jenner & Block LLP Jeffrey Kuta, Schiff Hardin LLP Jeffrey L. Taren, Kinoy Taren & Geraghty Jeffrey M. Hansen, Freeborn & Peters LLP Jeffrey M. Strauss, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Jeffrey R. Ladd, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Jennifer Dirkin, Esq. Jennifer Fountain Connolly, Wexler Toriseva Wallace LLP Jennifer Hager , Esq. Jennifer J. E. Flory, Ph.D., Esq., Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP Jennifer Keating, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Debra L. Stetter, Schiff Hardin LLP Debra Loevy-Reyes, Office of the State Appellate Defender Debra Rae Bernard, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Jennifer L. Rakstad, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Jesi J. Carlson, Schiff Hardin LLP Jessica A. Garascia, Jenner & Block LLP Jim Fiffer, Esq. Jim Poznak, Esq. Joan Long, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Joan M. Fencik, Esq. Joan M. Hall, Jenner & Block LLP Jodi Garvey, Law Offices of Patrick W. Blegen Joel A. Schoenmeyer, Esq. Stephen J. Kane, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP Stephen Patton, Esq. Thomas B. Quinn, Schiff Hardin LLP Stephen J. O'Neil, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Thomas C. Homburger, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC Joel D. Bertocchi, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Joel H. Steiner, Axelrod, Goodman, Steiner & Bazelon Joel J. Sternstein, attorney at law Joel N. Goldblatt, Childress Duffy Goldblatt, Ltd. Joel T. Pelz, Jenner & Block LLP Joelle K. Blomquist, Jenner & Block LLP Scott Bieber, Schiff Hardin, LLP Richard W. Shepro, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP

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