Her Majesty's Treasury v. Ahmed, et al., Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, January 26, 2010 [holding that executive orders allowing the government to freeze the assets of suspected terrorists are illegal].
Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere. Latest commentary available here. JURIST has more on the freezing of assets.
Wood v. Allen, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 [ruling that failure to present defendant's impaired mental functioning did not constitute ineffective counsel, finding that the lower court had correctly applied the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act].
Kucana v. Holder, US Supreme Court, January 20, 2010 [giving federal courts jurisdiction to review rulings on motions to reopen decisions by the Board of Immigration Appeals].
National Reconciliation Ordinance judgment, Supreme Court of Pakistan, January 20, 2010 [granting President Asif Ali Zardari and 8,000 other government officials immunity from charges including corruption, embezzlement, money laundering, murder, and terrorism between January 1986, and October 1999].
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