Judges toss Trump war powers case, citing passage of time after near nine-month wait to rule
by Steven Nelson
| July 10, 2018 02:48 PM
| Updated Jul 10, 2018, 04:05 PM
A former Army captain’s lawsuit challenging the war against the Islamic State group is legally dead due to the passage of time, a federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit heard arguments in October, but waited nearly nine months to rule, allowing time for military operations in Syria and Iraq to wind down and for the litigant, former Army Capt. Nathan Michael Smith, to leave the military.
Smith, formerly deployed as an intelligence analyst in Kuwait, left active-duty military service last year, but remained on “ready reserve†status until June.
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