Criminal Law

What to Do With Gitmo Detainees Profs Propose National Security Court
The first in a series of military commissions — or criminal trials of Guantanamo detainees — is scheduled to begin in May. In this week’s New Yorker magazine, legal correspondent Jeffrey Toobin reports that the controversial commissions, to be held in a make-shift courtroom at Gitmo, are being billed by the Bush administration as a [...

ACLU Unveils Dream Team to Rep Gitmo Detainees
Here’s a just-in dispatch from the Journal’s Supreme Court reporter, Jess Bravin, re a new “dream team” of capital defense attorneys to represent Gitmo detainees...

Secretly Shrinking National Security
Concerns over the lingering Gitmo cases expressed by Judge Leon as reported by AP, here. Excerpt, WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge overseeing cases against dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees said Wednesday that he fears the public - and the detainees themselves - will be locked out of the courtroom when evidence in the case is scrutinized for the first time...

Boumediene
I have to run to court this morning so I can't say anything. Rather I'm opening this up for discussions. Habeas for Gitmo detainees. At long last, the King may not make his subjects disappear.

Defense Department Jettisons Charges Against 20th Hijacker
On the Gitmo front, the last several weeks have brought the Bush administration a series of legal defeats. First, Gitmo’s former chief prosecutor turned against the Pentagon, testifying that political interference had tainted the military commissions, set up to prosecute detainees...

SCOTUS: Gitmo Detainees Have Constitutional Habeas Rights
MSNBC just flashed the report that in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court just ruled that the detainees in Guantanamo have a constitutional right to habeas corpus. Apparently, the Supreme Court agreed with me and disagreed with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals...

Is Barack Obama a Natural Born Citizen?
Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz (Supreme Court): Does Obama meet the constitutional requirements to be President

Selection of State Supreme Court Judges
How State Court Judges are Selected

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

California Supreme Court Proposition 8 Decision
Court Rejects Challenges to Proposition 8, but Finds Marriages Valid

Heart of Atlanta v United States
Supreme Court Decision: Civil Rights Act Protected by Interstate Commerce Clause

Unwed Fathers' Rights in Adoption
Landmark Cases in Adoption Law Shape Law with respect to Unwed Fathers

Philip Morris
Loses Appeal, Will Pay Millions

Immigrant Sedation
US Government awards two detainees $55,000 settlement after drugging them while in custody.

Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict
Asbestos Mesothelioma Victim Wins Appeal of $20 Million Asbestos Cancer Verdict

Ebay Fined
French Court Sets Fine at $61 Million

Personal Injury
Appeals Court Upholds Congressional Legislation

Tomato Salmonella
Sheetz Convenience Stores agrees to confidential out-of-court settlement with food poisoning victim.