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In Cuba: Justice in Gitmo and Across the Fence [comment]
November 16, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Kathleen Doty of the American Society of International Law argues that justice has not been best served in Guantanamo Bay military trials...In August 2001, I stood inside Cuba and looked through the gate into the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay. It was an overwhelmingly.... [more]
Obama Drone Policy Makes American Citizens Vulnerable, Undermines National Security [comment]
November 13, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Samar Warsi, a Senior Volunteer Attorney for the Muslim Civil Liberties Union, argues that drone attacks are counterproductive and hurt American attempts at foreign policy improvement...Just hours after the re-election of US President Barack Obama, a US drone strike was.... [more]
Commonwealth Court Sends Mixed Messages on PA Voter ID Law [comment]
October 19, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Sara Rose, staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania argues that the state of Pennsylvania has made it difficult for voters to obtain the requisite voter identification for the upcoming election and that the law was properly enjoined..."When voting.... [more]
Double Standards in American Trade Policy: Russia and China
September 11, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Kambiz Behi of EnterInvest and JURIST Columnist Edsel Tupaz of Tupaz & Associates examine discrepancies in the treatment of the People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation under US trade policy...On August 22, Russia formally acceded into the World Trade.... [more]
New York City Criminalizes Protests in the Context of Occupy Wall Street
August 30, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Emi MacLean, human rights attorney, argues that New York City has effectively criminalized protests by the actions taken against Occupy Wall Street since September 2011...On July 25, 2012, the Protest and Assembly Rights Project a coalition of law school clinics....... [more]
How Public of a Trial: US v. Bradley Manning
August 17, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Philip D. Cave, a solo practitioner at the The Law Offices of Philip D. Cave, argues that the lack of transparency in the WikiLeaks court-martial case undermines the reliability of the verdict...Have US military courts achieved the same level of transparency we have come to.... [more]
California's Journey Towards Marriage Equality [comment]
July 26, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Angela Perone, Staff Attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, argues that there has been a drastic change in public opinion in favor of same-sex marriage and that courts are more willing to recognize marriage equality for all couples...In just a few short years,.... [more]
Impossible Proof: Intellectual Disabilities and the Death Penalty [comment]
July 23, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Guest Columnist Terrica Ganzy, Staff Attorney for the Southern Center for Human Rights, argues Warren Hill was improperly sentenced to death and that Georgia should adopt a "preponderance of evidence" standard for mentally disabled claims in capital offense cases...Ten years ago, the US.... [more]
Syrian Conflict Governed by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions
July 23, 2012 by Jordan Barry
James P. Rudolph, an attorney and former official at the US Agency for International Development, argues that the Syrian government must follow stricter rules of engagement and could potentially be prosecuted for harsher war crime charges with the application of Common Article 3 of the Geneva.... [more]
Philippine Supreme Court Selection Process Should Change
June 27, 2012 by Jordan Barry
JURIST Columnist Edsel Tupaz of Tupaz and Associates argues that the impeachment of the Philippine Supreme Court Justice offers possibilities to create new appointment procedures...In the aftermath of the May 29 impeachment verdict against Renato Corona, the position of the chief justice of the.... [more]
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