Professor Larson Comments for Washington Times on ACLU and Enemy Combatant Case

Professor Carlton Larson commented for the Washington Times on the case of an unidentified U.S. citizen who is being held in military custody as an enemy combatant since being captured in Syria in September.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is seeking to offer the man legal assistance, claiming the government cannot continue to detain him without filing charges. Trump administration attorneys say they are still deciding what do with the detainee and argue that the ACLU can’t intervene on behalf of someone it has no relationship with. A federal judge is set to consider whether the civil rights group can intervene on behalf of a U.S. citizen who hasn’t asked for assistance.

“This would be a challenging case for the administration to try to pursue,” Larson said. “I would think they would try to avoid having this in court as much as possible, and they ought to be trying to get some information out and get this resolved.”

Carlton Larson's research interests focus on constitutional law and legal history, with a strong emphasis on the 18th century.

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