Moot Court to Argue U.S. Supreme Court Case

Savannah, GA—April 15, 2004—Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) will hold a Moot Court Competition to argue the case of Rasul et al v. Bush, a US Supreme Court case that centers on the detaining of foreign citizens by the US government in Guantanamo Bay. The competition will begin at noon on April 23 in room 157 of University Hall. The suit, filed by Shafiq Rasul and the families of those still detained, claims that the detaining of the foreign citizens without representation is illegal and violates international treaties. There are also questions concerning the care that the detainees received while in US custody.

Government officials claim that because the detainees are not US citizens that they cannot file a suit in a US court of law. They also claim that the detainees may be enemy combatants and therefore would not be protected by the constitution or international law.