Supreme Court Declines to Review Appeal of Alleged September 11 Planners, Upholding Revocation of Plea Deals

The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will not review a lower appellate court's decision that upheld then-Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's authority to revoke plea deals for individuals accused of planning the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. This decision allows the appellate court's ruling to stand, which found that the defense secretary had the authority to cancel the plea agreements in 2024, under which the death penalty was removed for the suspected planners held at Guantanamo Bay.