102 Quotes by Neal Katyal

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.