The Legal and Policy Implications of Closing Guantánamo Bay - Podcast

Would relocation of War on Terror detainees currently held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba into the United States result in detainees’ possible eligibility for removal from the U.S. under any grounds, or give to those detainees additional U.S. constitutional rights they do not currently possess? Would their relocation result in a new spate of litigation designed to assert such claims, even if those claims are not ultimately successful? As a policy matter, is relocation a good idea? Our experts discussed these and other questions, many of which are also addressed in the May 14, 2014, Department of Justice report, linked here.

• John C. O'Quinn, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Prof. Stephen I. Vladeck, Associate Dean for Scholarship, American University Washington College of Law

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