Safiya Ghori-Ahmad : "For many American Muslims, the case of Sami Al-Arian has become the most prominent illustration of the Bush administration's post-9/11 political prosecutions. Sami Al-Arian, a former University of Florida professor, was...

JURIST Special Guest Columnists Nancy Wohlforth and Fred Mason, Co-Convenors of U.S. Labor Against the War, say that the proposed Iraqi oil law would put effective control of most of Iraq's vast oil resources into the hands of foreign companies...

Sarah Lazare : "Robin Long's refusal to fight in the illegal and immoral war against Iraq was a courageous act, and it is regretful that soldiers in his position do not have avenues for resisting service...

JURIST Contributing Editor Geoffrey S. Corn, Lt. Col. US Army (Ret.), a former Special Assistant to the Judge Advocate General for Law of War Matters and currently a professor at South Texas College of Law, says that Salim Hamdan's recent...

Michelle Richardson : "Just when you thought domestic spying power grabs had been put to rest for the duration of this Administration, the Justice Department has publicly announced its intent to go after one of the last existing...

Michele Waslin : "This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it had suspended its latest immigration enforcement experiment. Dubbed as ICE's "compassionately conceived enforcement initiative," Operation Scheduled Departure ...

Chip Sinton : "The National Youth Rights Association disagrees with the Sixth Circuit's ruling in Barr et al. v. Lafon, et al. NYRA disagrees not because we are Confederate sympathizers nor because we support any hateful...

JURIST Contributing Editor Ali Khan of Washburn University School of Law says that the nomination of Asif Zardari, the widower of assassinated former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, to contest Pakistan's next presidential election in the wake of General Pervez Musharraf's...

Leslie Harris : "The Department of Justice has properly agreed to a request from Senators Specter and Leahy that it delay release of new Attorney General Guidelines that govern FBI criminal...

Karynn Fish : "Oregon's domestic partnership law has been in effect since February 1, when a district court judge lifted a temporary restraining order that had delayed its implementation. JURIST isn't clear on this point. Last...