Arms and the Right
Daniel Lazare : Guns & Gun Control
Two books dissect the contentious, confusing debate over gun control and the frequently misinterpreted Second Amendment.
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Unlawful Influence at Gitmo
Ross Tuttle : US Military
Lieut. Cmdr. Brian Mizer has filed a motion to dismiss charges against Salim Hamdan, in light of new evidence documenting the improper involvement of political appointees.
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Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
Ross Tuttle : US Military
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
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The Voter ID Fraud
Garrett Epps : The Courts
The conservatives ensconced on the Supreme Court are set to uphold draconian ID requirements on voters that will redefine electoral politics in America.
2007
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Setting the Record Straight on FISA
John Conyers : Civil Rights & Liberties
Civil liberties and national security are not contradictory: they are inextricably linked.
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Taking Power
Jonathan Schell : George W. Bush Administration
America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
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Reaganites Reconsider
Even staunch conservatives are becoming alarmed at the Bush Administration's unconstitutional expansion of presidential powers.
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Data-Mining Our Liberties
Aziz Huq : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
Despite blistering criticism of warrantless surveillance, the Bush Administration rammed a law through Congress that authorizes spying on our calls and e-mails. How did they get away with it?
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Dangerous Privilege
We need a law to define and limit the President's claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.
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A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties
Aziz Huq : Civil Rights & Liberties
Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled back.
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Sick Justice
Alberto Gonzales now stands revealed as an unambiguous conspirator against the Constitution--as does his boss.
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The Persecution of Sami Al-Arian
Alexander Cockburn : The Courts
A Palestinian professor caught in the US legal system needs all the support we can muster, as respect for constitutional freedoms sinks ever lower.
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'There Is No Law'
It's now up to the Supreme Court or the Democratic Congress to overturn the Military Commissions Act and restore our right to habeas corpus.
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Justice Perverted
Jonathan Hafetz : Guantanamo Bay
Unless the Supreme Court or Congress intervenes, an appeals court ruling this week on Guantánamo detainees opens the door to a global detention system where people can be moved like pawns in a perversion of American justice.
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Blink Tanks Fight to Restore Habeas Corpus
Ari Melber : Internet & New Media
Progressive "blink tanks" are pressuring Congressional Democrats to work to restore civil liberties lost by passage of Bush's Military Commissions Act.
2006
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An Immodest Proposal
David Cole : George W. Bush Administration
Modesty is a virtue, but rather than telling the courts to practice restraint, the Bush Administration should rein in its own abuses of power.
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Nuremberg: Past, Present and Future
Sen. Christopher Dodd : History
Let us follow the example set by the judges and prosecutors who pursued justice in the Nuremberg Trials to lead America back to a reverence for the rule of law and the common good.
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Sanctioning Lawlessness
What's more important to Congress: America's standing in the world and the rule of law, or partisan advantage in the midterm elections?
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Pushing Back on Detainee Act
As Republicans and Democrats voted to approve the Military Commission Act last week, those who love the law were mortified by its passage and angry at those who capitulated, but unwilling to give up.
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Lawyers Challenge Bush
Mickey Edwards : George W. Bush Administration
Citizens, lawyers and constitutional scholars of all political stripes have reason to be concerned about President Bush's use of "signing statements," which assert his right to ignore a law and threaten the central tenet of America's system of constrained government.
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The Pincer Strategy
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : George W. Bush Administration
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
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Surveillance for Sale?
Nicholas von Hoffman : National Security Administration (NSA)
It's outrageous enough that the NSA is secretly monitoring Americans' calling patterns. But has anyone considered what would happen if incompetent or unscrupulous monitors sold that information to the highest bidder?
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A Fabric of Illegality
: Pentagon
The White House practices the dark arts of trashing whistleblowers who exposed prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and the warrantless spying program, adding another layer of illegality to the war on terror.
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Farewell to Ground Zero
The structure of our Republic is at mortal risk. Will our Constitution survive or are we in the midst of a transmutation in which the balance of powers and our personal freedoms will be canceled?
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You've Got Jail
Robert Scheer : Internet & New Media
Obsessed voyeurs in the Bush Administration are poking their noses into everyone's business, with the help of Internet giants like Microsoft, AOL and Yahoo.
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The Case Against Alito
Samuel Alito would swing the Supreme Court to a right-wing authoritarianism that is out of step with the public and the Constitution.
2005
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Ban Torture or Protect Torturers?
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Jails & Prisons
A showdown looms in Congress this week over two competing measures involving bedrock human and legal rights: John McCain's legislation to ban all forms of torture and Lindsey Graham's proposal to strip federal courts of the power to hear habeas corpus appeals by terror suspects.
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Letter of the Law
America's Constitution: A Biography examines America's obsession with the Constitution--its origins, evolution and interpretation.
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Theocracy Lite
Katha Pollitt : Foreign Affairs
How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
2003
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Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal
"Citizens have a compelling interest in ensuring that their government does not abuse one of its most awesome powers, the power to arrest and jail."
2000
Can young voters stand up to suppression and swing Election 2008? Plus: Robert Fisk on the Middle East, and McCain's Russia scandal. (13mb mp3)
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