Constitutional Law

ACS Week in Review: Aug 9 - Aug 15

Blog Posts

An examination of the government’s application of the law of war in the military commission proceedings of Mohammed Jawad by Nicole Barrett, a Human Rights First volunteer consultant and former trial attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

A two-part analysis of the state of conservative/libertarian legal thought as revealed by new book The Dirty Dozen, by David Barron Professor of Law at Harvard University.

A response to Harvard Professor David Barron’s critique of “The Dirty Dozen” by Robert A. Levy, co-author of “The Dirty Dozen” and Cato Institute’s Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies.

A recap of an appeals court’s ruling on whether media can be denied access to names of jurors.

An overview of social conservative organizations’ activities to re-focus voters on marriage and reproductive rights.

A look at whether the California Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriagewill result in a backlash.

An overview of a letter from civil rights organizations to the Justice Department requesting the FBI postpone its profiling plans.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on August 15, 2008 (boomark / email).