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Terrorism
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The Right Coast
Real Thugs Gail Heriot
If you're looking for bed-time reading about how to combat murderous religious zealots (and who isn't in these troubled times...?), you can't go wrong with "Government Action in the Demise…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Can and should AG Gonzales be blamed for the uptick in violent crime?
Main April 15, 2007Can and should AG Gonzales be blamed for the uptick in violent crime?This week will surely be consumed with the stories surrounding AG Alberto Gonzales' hearings before…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Should GITMO outcomes impact federal sentencing in terrorism prosecutions?
Main April 10, 2007Should GITMO outcomes impact federal sentencing in terrorism prosecutions?This article in the New York Sun highlights how defendants can try to use events at GITMO in support…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Another public plea for a (very unlikely?) clemency
Main April 6, 2007Another public plea for a (very unlikely?) clemencyAs detailed in this Los Angeles Times article, the "parents of 'American Taliban' John Walker Lindh, who is serving a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Hmong Refugees Classified as Terrorists
During the Vietnam war, the CIA clandestinely recruited Hmong clan members to fight for the U.S. in the mountains of Laos. Many have since been admitted to the U.S. as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
D.C. Circuit Finds No Jurisdiction Over Challenge by Gitmo Detainees to Antiterrorism Law
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the part of a tough anti-terrorism law, the Military Commissions Act, signed by President George W. Bush that…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
Pentagon Official Resigns Over Detainee Remarks
By Tom Bolt
A senior Pentagon official resigned Friday over controversial remarks in which he criticized lawyers who represent terrorism suspects, the Defense Department said. Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Charles ''Cully'' Stimson,…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Slate on the Al-Marri Case in the Fourth Circuit
Slate (here) has a fascinating article entitled "The Third Man: The 4th Circuit does one more round on enemy combatants," by Dahlia Lithwick on the Al-Marri case. Classified as an…
Mass Tort Litigation Blog
Bill to Require Sick 9/11 Workers Honored in Ground Zero Museum
By joetort
Article in the Washington Post -- Bill Would Honor Sick Sept. 11 Workers, by the Associated Press:The museum planned for ground zero should include a memorial to workers who died…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Bush Administration to Ease Terrorism Exclusions in Refugee Determinations
AP reports that the Bush administration is shifting policy to allow foreigners who have aided armed groups not considered terrorists to seek asylum or resettle in the United States. Hundreds…