Tag: The Supreme Court & Judges
Monday, October 20, 2008
The next president will have the power to sculpt the legal landscape for decades to come through judicial picks.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
In this week's New York Times Magazine ("When Judges Make Foreign Policy"), Harvard Law professor and author Noah Feldman breaks down what liberals and conservatives understand about international law, and whether the Geneva Conventions apply to accused terrorists. How is the Supreme Court shaping the future of international relations?
Friday, August 15, 2008
Guest: Peter Earnest, Executive Director of the International Spy Museum
Monday, August 04, 2008
Guest: Evan Kohlmann, a self-made international terrorism consultant. Evan wrote, produced and narrated "The al-Qaeda Plan," which was used as evidence in the Hamdan Trial.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A report released Monday reveals the bold and illegal influence of politics in hiring practices at the Department of Justice. Justice's internal watchdog group charges that senior aides to then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used a variety of techniques to identify pro-Republican candidates and weed out the liberal ones. Former deputy attorney general Jamie Gorelick says it wasn't this way during the Clinton Administration.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Guest: Sanford Levinson, professor of government, the University of Texas at Austin's School of Law
Friday, June 27, 2008
Guest: Tony Arnold, WBEZ in Chicago, Ill.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Guest: Peter Nickles, Interim Attorney General for the District of Columbia
Thursday, June 26, 2008
With a Supreme Court ruling expected Thursday on whether a Washington, D.C., handgun ban violates Second Amendment rights, The Takeaway looks at what this session's rulings illustrate about the John Roberts court.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 12:00 AM
By
Adam Hirsch : Web Producer
It's a matter of timing, politics and, in some cases, luck.
President George W. Bush won two and lost two. Richard Nixon got four of his six picks through. Ronald Reagan nominated five and only lost one. And Jimmy Carter didn't get a chance to nominate any.
The Supreme Court's ...
Friday, June 13, 2008
The Supreme Court ruled that suspected terrorists detained at a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have the right to contest their detention via U.S. civilian courts. Glenn Greenwald (Salon.com blogger and Bush administration critic) and Jed Babbin (Human Events editor and former deputy undersecretary of defense under President George H. W. Bush) take two views on the decision.
Friday, June 13, 2008
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that suspected terrorists detained at a prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, have the constitutional right to contest their detentions in U.S. civilian courts. Human rights lawyer Barbara Olshanski, who argued before the Supreme Court in a 2004 Guantánamo case, dissects Thursday's decision.
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