Neal Katyal Quotations

The 'plain' language of the enacted law is most fairly read as not applying to this case, or at the very least is ambiguous.

He has a basic, almost religious, respect for the individual. At every turn, he just treats his client with such humanity.

Here, the president seeks not merely to detain temporarily but to dispense life imprisonment and death through a judicial system of his own design.

It is a foundation of this court to test the lawfulness of military tribunals.

places absolute trust in the president, unchecked by the Constitution, statutes of Congress and longstanding treaties ratified by the Senate of the United States.

Reduced to its essence, the government's argument is that the federal judiciary has no real power to review actions taken by the president in the name of fighting terrorism.

Justice (Stephen) Breyer almost never dissents, ... For him to be that strident I think reflects the deep underlying concern about the appearance of political impropriety.

Congress did not intend to strip the federal courts of their power to adjudicate pending cases.

radically extended legal precedents set during conventional wars.

authoritative decision to stop people from rioting in the streets.

This is not an ordinary criminal trial. This is an ad hoc trial in which all of the procedures are defined by the president. The public interest is best served by this court . . . . setting some limits.

This is a military commission that is literally unbounded by the laws, Constitution and treaties of the United States.

At issue is whether the president can supersede established civilian and military judicial systems. No graver question was ever considered by this court, nor one which more nearly concerns the rights of the whole people.

It's a quite reasonable interpretation given the facts as presented,

It's not that the States will be forced to recognize marriages from Canada in the United States, but they'll be under increasing pressure in any number of circumstances -- child custody and property being the two most obvious -- to recognize those marriages,

Its decision vests the president with the ability to circumvent the federal courts and time-tested limits on the executive. No decision, by any court, in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has gone this far,