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    Michael Ratner

    American lawyer (1943–2016)

    Michael Ratner (June 13, 1943 – May 11, 2016)[1] was an American attorney.

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    • For much of his career, he was president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a non-profithuman rights litigation organization based in New York City, and president of the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) based in Berlin.

    Ratner is best known for filing Rasul v. Bush, challenging President wartime detentions under George W. Bush.[2] He was co-counsel in representing the Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States Supreme Court, which ruled for the detainees' right to test the legality of their detentions in US courts, saying that the Guantanamo base was effectively an extension of US territory and covered by US law.[3]

    Ratner was a president of the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the author of numerous books and articles, including the books The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld: A Prosecution b