{"id":164791,"date":"2026-10-09T13:08:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/09\/legal-challenge-could-derail-trump-administrations-livestreamed-firing-squad-execution-plans\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T13:08:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T21:08:28","slug":"legal-challenge-could-derail-trump-administrations-livestreamed-firing-squad-execution-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/10\/09\/legal-challenge-could-derail-trump-administrations-livestreamed-firing-squad-execution-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Challenge Could Derail Trump Administration\u2019s Livestreamed Firing-Squad Execution Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i><\/span> <\/b>Eugene R. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School who specializes in military law, explaining to ABC 7 Eyewitness News<\/a> that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan could pursue a habeas challenge in civilian court, potentially delaying his scheduled firing-squad execution well beyond President Donald Trump\u2019s current term. The Pentagon says the execution, currently set for December 3, will be livestreamed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The post Legal Challenge Could Derail Trump Administration\u2019s Livestreamed Firing-Squad Execution Plans<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014<\/i>Eugene R. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School who specializes in military law, explaining to that Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan could pursue a habeas challenge in civilian court, potentially delaying his scheduled firing-squad execution well beyond President Donald Trump\u2019s current term. The Pentagon says the execution, currently set for December 3, will be livestreamed.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a> is the managing editor of Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Bluesky<\/a>, X\/Twitter<\/a>, and Threads<\/a>, or connect with her on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature,\u00a0Quote of the Day. It frankly might outlast the current administration, and who knows if the next one will have the same penchant for executions. \u2014 Eugene R. Fidell, a visiting lecturer at Yale Law School who specializes in military law, explaining to ABC 7 Eyewitness News that Fort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":164778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}