Rachel Alexander : "As Scott J. Bloch, head of the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, continues to complain that the Department of Justice's investigation is delaying his investigation of the nine U.S. attorney firings, the question arises, why...
Professional Commentary
Tom Burke : "The main legal issue is: the imprisonment, trials, and sentencing of Colombian revolutionaries in U.S. courts is a violation of the Colombian people's sovereignty. Ricardo Palmera is a political prisoner of...
Elisabeth Borrel : "At the beginning the two states , France and Djibouti, and in particular their two presidents - Chirac and Guelleh - agreed to ask...
Bernard Nicholas : "Cette audience devant la C.I.J de La Haye est en effet un épisode important de cette affaire.La République de Djibouti appuie sa demande sur un accord...
Miri Weingarten : "PHR-Israel has been immersed in the crisis that has engulfed Gaza since the takeover by Hamas in June 2007, and the resultant closing by Israel of all crossing points to goods and...
Neal A. Puckett : "The criminal justice system in America has certain checks and balances against overreaching by prosecutors when they bring felony charges. Some must simply file charges by information,...
Angela C. Wu : "The Netherlands, seeking to address concerns about security and cultural integration, is in the final stages of banning the burqa in schools and government offices, with...
Cara Horowitz : "Care about the National Environmental Policy Act? Then read on. Early in January, in a case challenging naval mid-frequency sonar training exercises off the coast of southern California, environmentalists (including my organization,...
Sharon Bradford Franklin : "The State Secrets Protection Act (S. 2533), introduced this week by Senators Kennedy and Specter, would bring much needed reform to the state secrets privilege. The doctrine has been problematic since it...
Amrit Singh : ""Ours is a government of laws." "No one is above the law: not the executive, not the Congress, and not the judiciary." With these words, on September 15, 2004, a federal judge...