The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

William Haynes II Nomination (Archive)

Nomination Withdrawn January 2007
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.

• Civil Rights Groups Oppose Haynes Nomination - Feature Story - 7/11/06
• Oppose the Confirmation of William J. Haynes, II - Advocacy Letter - 7/10/06
• The Confirmation of William Haynes II - Advocacy Letter - 4/28/04