Legal News of the Day: Dep’t of Justice Requests Continued Enforcement of Indefinite Detention Law

On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, requesting an emergency stay, as they attempt to lift the permanent injunction of parts of the National Defense Authorization Act that was enjoined last week.   The motion argued that the injunction’s limitation of the president’s military powers was “unprecedented” and stated that an act of Congress should be presumed constitutional until the Supreme Court has reviewed it and said otherwise.