In addition to having been an appellate judge, trial court judge, and public defender, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson spent some time in private practice at Morrison & Foster. Like many lawyers, she devoted some of her time to pro bono work. One of her projects was serving as counsel of record on an amicus brief submitted in Al-Marri v. Spagone, a case concerning the military's authority to detain individuals who were lawfully present in the country. Of particular note, this brief was submitted on behalf of the Constitutional Project, the Rutherford Institute, and the Cato Institute.
The brief argued that the military's detention of Ali Saleh Kahlah Al-MArri was unlawful. I've reproduced the summary of the argument below the jump.
