Nominee: William Haynes II

Nomination Withdrawn January 2007 - Click here to read more

Nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Department of Defense General Counsel William Haynes, nominated to the Fourth Circuit, played a central role in the decision to hold American citizens as enemy combatants with virtually no access to civilian courts or to counsel, and the decision to hold detainees at Guantanamo Bay without the protections of the Geneva Convention.

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Letter in Opposition to Haynes Confirmation -LCCR

Updated Report on the Nomination of William James Haynes, II to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - Alliance for Justice

Haynes Linked to Prisoner Abuse -People For the American Way

Grave Concern over the Nomination of William J. Haynes II - Religious Groups

Letter in Opposition to Haynes Confirmation -People For the American Way

Biography of William Haynes -Alliance for Justice: Independent Judiciary