Legal Opinion
Hedges v. Obama
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 17, 2013No. 12-3176 (L)PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEWIS A. KAPLAN, District Judge.
On September 11, 2001, the al-Qaeda terrorist network attacked multiple targets in the United States with hijacked commercial airliners, killing approximately 3,000 people. A week later, Congress enacted the Authorization for Use of Military Force (the “AUMF”), 1 which empowered President Bush to use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, and persons responsible for the attacks and those who harbored such organizations or persons.
Nearly twelve years later, the hostilities continue. Presidents Bush and Obama have asserted the…
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