Legal Opinion
United States v. Awadallah
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 13, 2002No. 01CR1026(SAS)PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FIRST OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers.with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended' during any of the great exigencies of government.
—Ex parte Milligan, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 2, 120-21, 18 L.Ed. 281 (1866)
The imperative necessity for safeguarding these rights ... under the gravest of…
2Cases cited53 opinions
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- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. SalernoSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Ashcroft v. al-KiddSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Al-Kidd v. AshcroftCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. Osama AwadallahCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2003
- United States v. Osama AwadallahCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- Ashcroft v. al-KiddSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
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