By Daniel Jacobson – On May 21, 2010, in Al Maqaleh v. Gates, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit unanimously reversed a previous district court ruling and held that there was no jurisdiction to hear the petitions for habeas corpus relief of three detainees being held at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.  The three … Continue reading An Evolution of Judicial Pragmatism: Analyzing the D.C. Circuit’s Ruling in the Bagram Detainees Case