Ali Khan : Lee C. Bollinger is what you may call crème de la crème. His credentials as a law professor, a legal scholar of the First Amendment, the former dean of the University of Michigan...
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Ali Khan : President Pervez Musharraf is determined to reclaim the Pakistan Presidency for another term of five years. Under Pakistan's Constitution, the President is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of (a)...
Giovanni Di Stefano : "On the 4th of September, 2007 the Iraqi High Tribunal Appeal Section refused the appeal of Al Majid et al, effectively condemning the indictees to...
Robert R. Amsterdam : "In the ongoing case of the Russian government's persecution of my client Mikhail Khodorkovsky, two historical precedents have recently been set: one in Switzerland, and one in the Russian Federation. In...
Ali Khan : In his latest 9/11 (2007) video message, Osama bin Laden has supposedly said: "O' Americans, Muslims will continue to kill you unless you embrace Islam." Even if this message is authentic, which I...
Giovanni Di Stefano : "The case of Al Majid can be summarized by the following phrase that he uttered in my presence to the Iraqi High Tribunal Judge...
Ali Khan : "In the Constitutional Petition No. 21 of 2007 (Chief Justice Chaudhry v. The President of Pakistan), a unanimous Supreme Court of 13 Justices has declared that the President's Order to suspend the Chief...
Ali Khan : "In defending the suspension of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry, Pakistan government lawyers must argue that President Pervez Musharraf has properly exercised his executive power under Article 209(5). Assuming the President is authorized to...
Ali Khan : "President Musharraf is no King James I and Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry is no Chief Justice Edward Coke, but since Pakistan has been part of the British Empire and the common law traditions...
Ali Khan : "Pakistan's Supreme Court is most likely to declare that the Executive order to suspend Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry violates Articles 175(3) and 209(5) of the Constitution. If the Chief Justice is reinstated, the...
