Analysis & Commentary
Checks & Balances
FBI Seeks Sweeping New Powers
Lame-duck administrations with abysmal poll ratings and no legislative agenda attract little attention. But to ignore the Bush Administration at this point is perilous: in its waning days, the Administration is turning the Federal Bureau of Investigation into a domestic intelligence agency with sweeping powers to profile and spy on law-abiding Americans.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 08/22/08
Ends & Means in War Crimes Trials
Unpacking two war crimes trials presently taking place—former leader of Bosnia’s wartime Serb government, Radovan Karadžić, and Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver, Salim Hamdan.
Authored by: Aziz Huq and Garth Schofield
– 08/06/08
Michael Waldman on Dan Abrams
Dan Abrams discusses Karl Rove’s pending testimony scheduled for this Thursday with the Brennan Center’s Michael Waldman and former counsel to the House Judiciary Committee Julian Epstein.
– 07/08/08
Justice Scalia’s Dueling Opinions
Scalia’s opinion in the ruling overturning D.C.’s gun ban shows the flaws of his trademark judicial thinking. Especially since he marshaled nearly the reverse logic in his dissent to the Guantanamo detainee case.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/30/08
Emily Berman on the Firing of US Attorneys
Emily Berman on KUOW’s “The Conversation” discussing the firing of nine US attorneys and executive privilege.
– 06/23/08
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
Analysis of the just-passed “FISA Amendments Act of 2008” on The Nation’s web site.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 06/20/08
Aziz Huq on Boumediene v. Bush and Guantanamo’s Future
Brennan Center’s Aziz Huq appeared on Lawyer 2 Lawyer to discuss the recent SCOTUS decision in Boumediene v. Bush. Radio show posted to the Legal Talk Network on June 19.
– 06/19/08
Can Canada Sway SCOTUS?
Canadian decision in a Guantanamo Bay case should guide U.S. Justices.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 05/27/08
After Gitmo
The US Supreme Court has yet to rule on the constitutional challenges filed by Guantánamo detainees to their six-year-plus imprisonments. Yet politicians already are lining up to ensure a full remedy for the Bush Administration’s errors proves impossible....
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 05/13/08
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
Feared, condemned sight-unseen and praised as a celebration of free speech, Fitna, a seventeen-minute film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders, appeared on the Internet in late March. Fitna is a bombastic, bloody montage linking terrorist violence to Koranic texts.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 04/07/08