JURIST Guest Columnist and international law scholar Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that recently-divulged White House and DOJ memos provide evidence of an illegal, unconstitutional and downright inept US plan to violate the Geneva Conventions on the protection of prisoners… If one focuses on the January 25, 2002 Memorandum for [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says the Bush Administration’s general disregard for international treaties and standards facilitated an atmosphere in which US personnel could flout the Geneva Conventions and abuse Iraqi prisoners… The Bush Administration has consistently signaled for three and a half years that international law does not [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist and international law scholar Jordan Paust of the University of Houston Law Center says that legal responsibility for the Abu Ghraib prison abuses extends beyond the few soldiers currently subject to investigation and prosecution… There has been a great deal of attention paid in recent days to the investigation and prosecution of [...]

Doe v. Bush, United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, US Department of Justice, motion to dismiss a lawsuit against President Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld challenging the authority of the Bush and Rumsfeld to wage war against Iraq absent a clear declaration of war by the US Congress, February 20, 2003. [...]

United States v. Sami Amin Al-Arian et al., United States District Court Middle District of Florida, February 20, 2003 . Read the full text of the indictment , via FindLaw. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Grutter v. Bollinger, brief defending affirmative action admissions policies for the University of Michigan School of Law, Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, filed February 18, 2003. Read the brief here . Gratz v. Bollinger, brief defending affirmative action admissions at Michigan's undergraduate College for Literature, Science and the Arts, Board of Regents [...]

Doe v. Bush, United States District Court District of Massachusetts, February 13, 2003 . Read the full text of the complaint and the plaintiffs' memorandum in support of a motion for preliminary injunction . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Update on Iraq weapons inspection, UN Security Council, UNMOVIC Chairman Hans Blix, February 14, 2003 . Read the full text of the report here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, White House, February 14, 2003 . Read the full text here . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

Letter from White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to Senators Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy, February 12, 2003 . Read the full text of the letter here . Reported on JURIST's Paper Chase here.