Maureen Aung-Thwin : "The UNHRC is wise to keep up public pressure on the Burmese military regime for its continued abuse of human rights. The generals probably thought they could take...
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Paul Helmke : "Over the years, I have seen the gun lobby effectively thwart efforts to pass many sensible gun laws by arguing that even modest gun control would lead down the path...
Howard Learner : "On the transportation front, the Clean Air Act balances federal and state interests by making clear a binary approach: states are empowered to adopt California's emission standards, if a waiver is...
Beth Van Schaack : "The central question facing the Supreme Court in Boumediene was: to what extent does the privilege of the writ of...
Anne Weismann "In CREW v. Office of Administration, U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued an opinion on June 16, 2008, dismissing CREW's complaint on the ground that the Office of...
Bryan McCann : "When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Baze v. Rees case that Kentucky's lethal injection protocol did not constitute cruel and unusual...
Katherine Southwick : "Refugees International (RI) is gravely concerned about actions taken by the Government of Egypt to deport as many as 1,200 asylum-seekers to Eritrea. Since last week, the Egyptian Government has reportedly scheduled several flights...
Shayana Kadidal : "It was in February of 2002 that the Center for Constitutional Rights and our co-counsel brought the first habeas case in federal court on behalf of detainees held at Guantánamo. Yesterday, June 12,...
Judith Sunderland : "On June 11, 2008, the UK House of Commons narrowly approved a measure giving the government the power to detain terrorism suspects for up to six weeks (42 days)...
Richard C. Dieter : "The Supreme Court's decision in Baze v. Rees on April 16, 2008, approving Kentucky's lethal injection process opened the door to a resumption of executions. Since the decision, six...
