John Whitehead : "As oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in Boumediene v. Bush concluded this afternoon, one could not help but think that it will prove to be...
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Danilo Reyes : "There have been dozens of attempted coups in the modern history of the Philippines, but only one has succeeded: the February 1986 overthrow of Ferdinand Marcos. His regime and its constitutional foundations were toppled...
Virginia Sloan : "Today, as I observed the oral arguments in Synder v. Louisiana before the United States Supreme Court, I was struck by the fact that James Williams will almost certainly never face a judge, jury,...
Senator Patrick Leahy : "The protest by Pakistan's lawyers was an iconic moment about the importance of the rule of law, and the whole world was watching. As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee I...
Joshua Rosenzweig : "The recently-published statistics for 2006 on political arrests in China are especially troubling, as they indicate the reversal of a three-year trend from 2003 to 2005 in which such arrests...
Farzana Hassan : "While staunch affirmation of human rights remains the mantra of the day, the world continues to witness violations both great and small of this noble human ideal. Recently, a Canadian Muslim woman also felt...
Peter Weiss and Jeanne Sulzer : "On October 26, while Donald Rumsfeld was attending a conference in Paris, a war crimes complaint based on his authorization for and encouragement of...
Anonymous : "The Lahore High Court on 27 Nov appears to have returned to normalcy; many people, many cars, many lawyers in their robes. Interestingly, resolutions have been passed by different legal forums including the LHC Bar...
John Lott : "The District of Columbia's request for cert made a simple argument: Whatever one thinks of the Second Amendment, banning handguns is a "reasonable regulation" to protect...
Anonymous : "I went to the Lahore High Court (LHC) this morning; it was as deserted as before. The President of the High Court Bar Association under detention has been released last night. He was detained...
