Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law:"At Guantanamo, a Prison Within a Prison: Within the heavily guarded perimeters of the Defense Department's much-discussed Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, the CIA has maintained a detention facility for valuable al Qaeda...
Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law:"You know you are in trouble when the House of Lords is more protective of civil rights than the US court system: Law lords back terror detainees:Detaining foreigners without trial under emergency anti-terror...
Peter Henning, Wayne State University Law School:"An article in the New York Times (Dec. 15) states that Time Warner is preparing to announce a settlement in a long-running SEC and Department of Justice investigation into accounting issues at its American...
Dan Tokaji, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"Think old-fashioned paper ballots guarantee election integrity? Think again.In a fascinating case coming out of Puerto Rico, the First Circuit Court of Appeals heard argument Monday over which ballots should be counted...
David Wagner, Regent University School of Law:"ACLU Files Suit in Pa. Over Evolution... The state American Civil Liberties Union plans to file a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Pennsylvania school district that is requiring students to learn about alternatives to...
Ellen Podgor, Georgia State University College of Law:"According to today's Wall Street Journal article titled Rigas Cable Assets Run By Adelphia May Be Seized we see the government taking a first step to obtaining assets in a case. The government...
Tung Yin, University of Iowa College of Law:"Not surprisingly, the jury has recommended death for Scott Peterson, convicted of murdering his pregnant wife and unborn son: In arguing for death, prosecutors called Peterson "the worst kind of monster" and said...
Dan Tokaji, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"Today's the day that the Electoral College meets in each of the state capitals. Just hours before, some congressional Democrats and other Democratic activists asked state officials to delay the Electoral College...
Elizabeth Malloy, University of Cincinnati College of Law:"President Bush today selected Mike Leavitt, the current EPA Chief, to be the new Secretary of Health and Human Services. In making his selection, President Bush said that Leavitt is a "fine executive"...
Douglas Berman, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"I am genuinely amazed that the Supreme Court has now issued 11 opinions this term, and yet we still have not seen a ruling in Booker and Fanfan. Perhaps it really is...