Constitutional Law

ACSBlog in Review: Week of February 11, 2008

Stories:

• The Senate passed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 while the PROTECT America Act of 2007 expired.
• The legacy of Brown v. Board of Education was explored in a multi-part dialogue between Professor Michael Klarman of the University of Virginia School of Law and Professor Mark Graber of the University of Maryland School of Law. (Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
• The most recent article in a series of dispatches from Guantanamo Bay by Deborah Colson, a senior associate in the law and security program at Human Rights First, who is blogging from Guantánamo about new problems faced by prosecutors at the hearings.
• An explanation of congressional contempt powers.

Resources:

• Video of a CIA Interrogation Videotapes and Oversight in the War on Terror panel discussion.
• ACSResearchLink connects students, practitioners, and professors.
• The latest issue of Gavel to Gavel on state legislative measures to remove judges.
• This week's congressional hearings.

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