Supreme Court: Abdullah al-Kidd can't sue John Ashcroft over 9/11 arrest

by Jennifer Epstein
Politico
May 31, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1436/supreme-court-abdullah-al-kidd-cant-sue-john

Excerpt:

Reversing a lower court, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can't be sued in connection with the arrest of an American Muslim who was suspected to have played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks.

The high court said in a 5-3 decision that Ashcroft did not violate the constitutional rights of Abdullah al-Kidd, who was arrested in 2003 at Dulles International Airport and released two weeks later without being charged. He was arrested under a federal law intended to compel reluctant witnesses to testify before grand juries and at criminal trials.

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