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Commentary FISA, Sunday talk, and an interesting omission
FISA, Sunday talk, and an interesting omission
JURIST Commentator
February 13, 2006 08:49:00 am

Geoffrey Corn : "The domestic surveillance debate took center stage on Meet the Press (Sunday, February 12th), as Senator Pat Roberts, former Senator Tom Daschle, and Representatives Peter Hoekstra and Jane Harman participated in a debate...

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Commentary Torture and the scope of employment
Torture and the scope of employment
JURIST Commentator
February 7, 2006 08:07:00 pm

Steve Vladeck : "Is torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment (CIDT) within the scope of government employment? At least somewhat surprisingly, according to this decision by Judge Urbina in the D.C....

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Commentary Using nuclear weapons against Iran?
Using nuclear weapons against Iran?
JURIST Commentator
February 4, 2006 01:42:00 pm

Anthony D'Amato : "Today, February 4, 2006, Senator John McCain speaking in Munich said that military action against Iran must remain an option if it did not bow to international demands to halt its nuclear activities....

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Commentary Youngstown revisited:  external threat no excuse for internal power grab
Youngstown revisited: external threat no excuse for internal power grab
JURIST Commentator
February 2, 2006 05:07:00 pm

Michael J. Kelly : "President Truman used American involvement in the Korean War as justification for seizing privately owned U.S. steel mills when a labor strike threatened to cripple that industry and bring production to a...

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Commentary Arguments for increased government surveillance based on myth
Arguments for increased government surveillance based on myth
JURIST Commentator
February 2, 2006 09:30:00 am

Brian J. Foley : "In response to the revelations about presidential spying, several Administration officials, including President Bush and Attorney General Gonzales, have argued that the electronic surveillance program -- which appears to exceed the limits...

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Commentary Coretta Scott King
Coretta Scott King
JURIST Commentator
January 31, 2006 02:07:00 pm

Benjamin G. Davis : "Thank you Coretta for all of your good works helping humanity progress in the United States and around the world. You were a person of action and gentleness. Martin and you...

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Commentary The judicial capacity to try Saddam
The judicial capacity to try Saddam
JURIST Commentator
January 30, 2006 10:12:00 pm

Michael J. Kelly : "Each new session of the Iraqi High Criminal Court, convened last year to try Saddam Hussein and his henchmen for the massacre of over a hundred Shi'a at Dujail in 1982, brings...

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French king revoked Edict of Nantes on religious freedom

On October 22, 1685, the Edict of Nantes, which permitted religious freedom in France, was revoked by King Louis XIV, prompting thousands of French Protestants, Huguenots, to flee the country. Read the instrument of revocation in English.

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