Six Options
I’m as committed as ever to the idea of due process. I have plenty of intellectual companionship in saying that a trial is the right thing to do because indefinite detention is not a good option, and that we should… Continue Reading
Constitutional Law
Amateur Hour
Thank you very much, Attorney General Eric Holder, for mooting all of my high-falutin’ Constitutional ideals. I’ve gone to some length here and elsewhere to argue that it is very important to give even a dirtsack like Khalid Sheik Mohammed… Continue Reading
Trying Terrorists
I have to admit more than a little bit of frustration over the hue and cry, mainly from the right, about the upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to be held in the United States District Court for the Southern… Continue Reading
Not Taking The Pledge
From several of my favorite blogs comes a story that I find very touching. A ten-year-old boy in Arkansas, with early ambitions of becoming a lawyer, said he starting thinking about the words in the Pledge of Allegiance, and decided… Continue Reading
Treat A Criminal Like A Criminal
I What is Terrorism? In 2003, I read a book by Caleb Carr called The Lessons of Terror. In it, Carr argued that terrorism is a military threat and should be handled by the military in the way that the… Continue Reading
Supreme Fantasy
Are you interested in the Supreme Court? Constitutional law, high level jurisprudence? Are you also interested in fantasy sports? Maybe (like me) you play fantasy sports, or you’re curious about how it works but feel intimidated because you don’t know… Continue Reading
John Adams Would Have Understood Perfectly
Here’s the memo. Some people seem to have not got it yet, so I’m giving you the salient points here. We do not afford criminals due process because we think the criminals are morally worthy of much of anything. They… Continue Reading
The Basis Of Human Rights
This guy takes his Christianity seriously* and he is quite clear about what it means — if you are going to take Christianity seriously, you must accept that you have no God-given rights of any kind. (H/T here) God hasn’t given you any… Continue Reading
Why Watchdogs Are Necessary
If Congress had been left unattended, it’s entirely possible that the health care reform bill would have wound up paying money to religious organizations for prayers. Specifically to Christian Science churches, although they were not mentioned by name — the… Continue Reading
The Opposite Of Capitalism
Here’s the lead paragraph from the Associated Press: President Barack Obama on Tuesday embraced a House bill that would give the government unprecedented power to seize bank holding companies and other large financial firms teetering on the brink of collapse… Continue Reading