| Posts |
|
Undue Influence? Ideology and Supreme Court Law Clerks
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Todd Peppers of Roanoke College, author of the forthcoming book Courtiers of the Marble Palace: The Rise and Influence of Supreme Court Law Clerks (Stanford University Press, 2006) says that although Justice Samuel Alit (More) |
|
Pentagon defends denying UN investigators access to Gitmo detainees
A US Department of Defense official Wednesday defended the government's decision in October to refuse access by UN investigators to detainees being held at the US prison base in Guantanamo Bay , and reiterated that the operation of the facilit (More) |
|
Caricatures, Context and Contact: Islam and Modern Europe
JURIST Special Guest Columnist H.A. Hellyer of the Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations, University of Warwick, UK, says that the worldwide controversy over the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad is symptomatic of a new type of tri (More) |
|
Blair 'hopes' for Guantanamo closure
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair told the British House of Commons Wednesday that he hopes the US will close its much-criticized detention camp at Guantanamo Bay , but measured his words by adding that the US had justifiably opened it in response to th (More) |
|
Most bodies in Baghdad morgue show signs of torture, execution: UN rights official
The former head of the Human Rights Office at the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq has told the BBC that extra-judicial killings and torture have become "endemic" in Iraq, and that up to 75% of bodies in the Baghdad morgue show signs of tor (More) |
|
UN vote on rights council delayed after US opposition
A scheduled UN General Assembly vote on a draft resolution [PDF text; JURIST report] to create a new UN Human Rights Council has been delayed after the US rejected the proposal . US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said earlier this week that the r (More) |
|
The Iran Nuclear Standoff: Legal Issues
JURIST Guest Columnist Daniel Joyner of the University of Warwick School of Law in the United Kingdom says that now that Iran has been referred to the UN Security Council over its nuclear program, some Council action under Chapter VII of the UN Chart (More) |
|
Supreme Court hears dispute over Vermont campaign finance caps
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Randall v. Sorrell [Duke Law case backgrounder; merit briefs] to decide whether Vermont's Act 64 campaign law , which places strict caps on campaign contributions and spending, should be u (More) |
|
US rejects proposed UN Human Rights Council reform
The US vowed Monday to reject a proposal to establish a UN Human Rights Council presented by UN General Assembly President Jan Eliasson last week. In remarks at a brief press conference , US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton said the US was " (More) |
|
Military judge delays court-martial start for Abu Ghraib dog handlers
US military judge Lt. Col. Paul McConnell Monday delayed the start of a court-martial trial for an army dog handler accused in an Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal. The March 8 trial date for Sgt. Santos Cardona has been pushed back to May 22 to a (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
