Obama Administration Wins Stay of Detention Law Rejection
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The U.S. government won a temporary delay of a lower court ruling striking down a military detention law as unconstitutional.
U.S. Circuit Judge Raymond Lohier in New York today granted a Justice Department request for an interim stay of the Sept. 12 ruling. The government argued that the decision, which imposed a permanent injunction barring enforcement of the law, poses a threat to national security.