Commentary
Unleash Legal Aid (New York Times Op-Ed)
“Legal aid lawyers are among the few allies of poor homeowners caught in the subprime-mortgage meltdown. But these lawyers are hamstrung by federal regulations that limit homeowners’ access to speedy, low-cost legal relief.”
Authored by: Joseph Sant
– 04/14/08
Money and Politics: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Remarks from the Governor of Arizona at the Brennan Center’s first Living Constitution Lecture
Authored by: Gov. Janet Napolitano (D-AZ)
– 04/10/08
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
Restoring Felons’ Right to Vote Sensible, Fair
In this Lexington Herald-Leader op-ed, the Executive Director of the American Probation and Parole Association praises KY Gov Beshear’s efforts to ease the voting rights restoration process.
Authored by: Carl Wicklund
– 03/23/08
Justice for Sale
Certain American values transcend partisan divisions. One is that money should not influence the courts. But with record sums pouring into judicial elections, the ideal of due process is giving way to a perception of pay-to-play justice.
Authored by: James Sample
– 03/22/08
Another Example of Shoddy Legal Reasoning
Shoddy legal reasoning in memos the DoJ’s Office of Legal Counsel authored in response to 9/11 are a constant focus of the news media these days. Receiving less attention, but equally important, is the question whether the problems at the DoJ go beyond the war on terror. There are indications that they do, specifically an opinion on the 2003 “Leadership Act.”
Authored by: Laura K. Abel
– 03/13/08
Charity for None?
This editorial calls Gov. Steve Beshear’s efforts to streamline the voting rights restoration process for formerly incarcerated individuals “a step toward fundamental fairness” and endorses House Bill 70, a proposed constitutional amendment to allow automatic rights restoration.
Authored by: Courier-Journal Editorial
– 03/12/08
Torture and Democracy: A Discussion with Professor Darius Rejali
Listen to Professor Darius Rejali talk about the issues at the center of his book, Torture and Democracy.
– 03/12/08
Prostitution Pledge or Zambia’s Women and Girls
Authored by: William Smith (SIECUS)
– 03/11/08
Future of Guantanamo
Listen to a panel discussion featuring Andy Worthington, Joanne Mariner, Wells Dixon, and Jonathan Hafetz on the timely and important issues revolving around the future of Guantánamo.
– 03/10/08