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Commentary The Legal Legacy of 9/11: Reflections Five Years On
The Legal Legacy of 9/11: Reflections Five Years On
Jeremiah Lee
September 5, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and former Chief Justice of South Africa, says that although the threat of terrorism is real, five years after the September 11 attacks on the United...

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Commentary Haiti's Political Prisoners: Not Preval's Fault, But His Problem
Haiti's Political Prisoners: Not Preval's Fault, But His Problem
Jeremiah Lee
August 31, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that although the political prisoners lingering in Haiti's squalid jails are not the byproduct of the policies of incoming President René Préval,...

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Commentary Katrina and Social Vulnerability: Disaster is Not Natural
Katrina and Social Vulnerability: Disaster is Not Natural
Jeremiah Lee
August 29, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Jim Chen of the University of Minnesota School of Law says that the Hurricane Katrina disaster one year later still challenges us to acknowledge and address America's deep social vulnerability, so exposed in the aftermath of the...

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Commentary Smoke and Mirrors: The Geneva Conventions in the 21st Century
Smoke and Mirrors: The Geneva Conventions in the 21st Century
Jeremiah Lee
August 28, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that as we celebrate the universality of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, we must recognize that the murder, rape, maiming, mutilation, and pillaging of non-combatants worldwide goes on...

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Commentary Politics in Pennsylvania: Stifling Ralph Nader and Open Ballots
Politics in Pennsylvania: Stifling Ralph Nader and Open Ballots
Jeremiah Lee
August 24, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Mark Brown, holder of the Newton D. Baker/Baker and Hostetler Chair at Capital University School of Law, says that forcing unsuccessful 2004 presidential candidate Ralph Nader to pay after-the-fact for a ballot contest instigated against him in...

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Commentary Fighting Words: The Abuse of Islam in Political Rhetoric
Fighting Words: The Abuse of Islam in Political Rhetoric
Jeremiah Lee
August 20, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that politicians' increasing use of abusive language to describe Islam in the context of the war on terror is symptomatic of multiple problems in Anglo-American democracy and culture......

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Commentary Terror and the Enemies Within: Fighting the Right Battles for Britain
Terror and the Enemies Within: Fighting the Right Battles for Britain
Jeremiah Lee
August 18, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Special Guest Columnist H.A. Hellyer of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK, says that if Britain must now fight "enemies within" in its escalated war on terror, it should be sure to fight the...

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Commentary Curbing Unlawful Surveillance: It Takes Two (Branches)
Curbing Unlawful Surveillance: It Takes Two (Branches)
Jeremiah Lee
August 18, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Contributing Editor Peter Shane of Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, says that even in the wake of a federal court injunction, meaningful restrictions on the executive's domestic surveillance program require that both the judiciary and the legislative...

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Commentary The UN Mideast Ceasefire Resolution: A View from Israel
The UN Mideast Ceasefire Resolution: A View from Israel
Jeremiah Lee
August 14, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Dr. Robbie Sabel of the Hebrew University Faculty of Law in Jerusalem, Israel, offers his thoughts on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Hezbollah...

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Commentary The UN Mideast Ceasefire Resolution Paragraph-by-Paragraph
The UN Mideast Ceasefire Resolution Paragraph-by-Paragraph
Jeremiah Lee
August 13, 2006 08:01:00 am

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law offers his analysis of UN Security Council Resolution 1701, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East conflict involving Israel, Hezbollah and Lebanon... Hezbollah's surprising television...

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International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism

November 9 is the International Day Against Fascism and Anti-Semitism [UNITED factsheet]. On November 9, 1924, American gay activist Henry Gerber and several associates formed the Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the United States. The Society received a charter from the State of Illinois in December but was disbanded in July 1925 after a police raid which led to Gerber's arrest and trial (albeit not conviction). Pay a virtual visit to Henry Gerber House, now a registered Chicago landmark.

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law

On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The First Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.

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