Donna Newman Quotations

Nothing in this case surprises me anymore. This is an unusual turn of events for the Justice Department to come out against the Fourth Circuit like this, because anybody who looks at precedent would see the Fourth Circuit is a very pro-government circuit that generally finds in favor of the government.

Now we can go to court and challenge the government's assertion.

Let us see him. Why be held incommunicado? If they want to, charge him with a crime.

Most of the talking was done by me. My aim was simply to educate him.

It certainly did not comport with due process.

We are willing to abide by any directive of the court.

We would like finality. We believe that we be will successful at the Supreme Court, once it gets there. We would like him to be released or charged. We think we have the unusual set of circumstances and facts in which the Supreme Court should carefully consider hearing our petition before the appeals court.

We are anxious for the Supreme Court to hear the Padilla case and hope that this decision by the 4th Circuit will give the impetus for the Supreme Court to hear it. The executive use of authority has been overreaching in the domestic arena.

That's fine. It's great. Both things are good. I don't think it's a bad day for us.

Everything we give to him will be reviewed.

It's reassuring that constitutional protections that we are all entitled to as citizens were confirmed. And we look forward to meeting our client.

A person is being detained on information -- the value of which, the credibility of which, and the reliability of which, we don't know.

It's not a confidential attorney-client meeting. It's a meeting to wave at your client.