Appeals Court Upholds Secret Detention Hearings
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court ruling and said the attorney general has the right to close terrorist- related deportation hearings for reasons of national security.
The Third Circuit is now in conflict with the Sixth Circuit which ruled the hearings must be open ("Democracies die behind closed doors").
We agree with Howard Bashman of How Appealing that this likely means the issue will reach the Supreme Court.
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