Storming the court : how a band of law students fought the President--and won /
Brandt Goldstein.
- New York : Scribner, 2006.
- 375 pages ; 22 cm.
Reprint. Originally published: ♭2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-352) and index.
The Coup -- Filing a New Lawsuit -- Picking a Judge --Fighting the Stay -- The Floating Wall -- Going to Guantanamo -- Waiting for the President--The Hunger Strike -- The Supreme Court --The Trial -- Victory and Loss.
Describes how, in 1992, a group of Yale law students came to the aid of three hundred Haitian men, women, and children who had won asylum in the U.S. but who, having tested positive for HIV, were forced into a Guantanamo compound and battled the Bush administration, the Justice Department, the American military, and the Supreme Court to achieve their release. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
9781416535157
Refugiados--Situación jurídica, derecho, etc.--Estados Unidos Detención de personas-- Estados Unidos Haitianos en Cuba --Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo