Protests were held on Friday to mark the Guantánamo hunger strike’s 100th day. Outside the White House, demonstrators wearing orange jumpsuits and carrying signs were arrested after refusing to leave the sidewalk. In New York City, dozens of people gathered for a rally in Times Square.

Ben Case: “As far as I can tell, President Obama wants to say that Congress is holding him up, or there’s these laws, or it’s complicated. As far as I can tell, it’s not complicated. That’s a military prison down there, and President Obama is the commander-in-chief of the military. As far as I can tell, he has to pick up his phone and call someone and say, 'Close the prison.'”

Julie Pycior: “Having them in Guantánamo is violating the Constitution, and therefore threatening — therefore, hurting the rights of Americans, in general. If our government is violating our Constitution and our Bill of Rights, that hurts us all.”

At least 30 of the more than 100 hunger strikers are being force-fed through nasal tubes pushed into their stomachs, a practice critics say amounts to torture.