Commentary
Undoing the Bush Legacy
Most people who cast ballots on Super Tuesday believed they were voting not just for a new face in the White House but also for sweeping new policies. Few believe a President McCain, Obama or Clinton would hew to all of the policies of Bush and Cheney--and even fewer believe they should.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 02/08/08
“The New Counterterrorism: Investigating Terror, Investigating Muslims” in Liberty Under Attack
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 01/10/08
“The Hirota Gambit” in New York University’s Annual Survey of American Law
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 01/10/08
Supreme Court Preview: The Most Important Elections Case Since Bush v. Gore
On January 9, the Supreme Court will hear argument in two consolidated cases testing the constitutional limits on a state’s ability to set procedural rules that restrict the franchise. The cases, collectively known as Crawford, challenge an Indiana law requiring voters at the polls to provide certain documentation
Authored by: Justin Levitt
– 01/09/08
Requiring Voter ID at the Polls is a Snake-Oil Remedy
Snake oil is back, and gumming up our elections. Like the old-timey liniments of dubious provenance, the new policies sound promising but don’t solve the problems advertised, and sometimes cause real harm.
Authored by: Justin Levitt
– 01/09/08
Review of The History of Terrorism From Antiquity to Al Qaeda
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 12/29/07
Another Death in Rawalpindi
It goes without saying that the killing of any human being is a tragedy. But the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in Liaqut Bagh in Rawalpindi echoes back into Pakistan’s troubled history, portends more violence, and also signals the manifest bankruptcy of the Bush Administration’s anti-terrorism policy in the region.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 12/27/07
Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels
In November 2005 the CIA destroyed videotapes of interrogations of Abu Zubaydah and Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, two early detainees in the Bush Administration’s “war on terror.” Two years later, the news breaks and the Administration assures us that the tapes from 2002 had nothing much of interest on them and that their destruction was nothing out of the ordinary. Don’t be so sure.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 12/11/07
Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 12/11/07