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Terrorism
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ImmigrationProf Blog
Terrorism Charges Fizzle: Where’s the Beef?
FROM www.CNN.comTerror trial is defeat for prosecutorsCase was touted as a test for Patriot Act powersWednesday, December 7, 2005It was one of the biggest courtroom tests of the Patriot Act's…
ImmigrationProf Blog
After Years in the Brig, Jose Padilla Indicted
As you no doubt have heard "Dirty Bomb" supsect Jose Padilla has been indicted. At http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5432762,00.html, Associated Press summarizes the indictment as follows:"Jose Padilla, a U.S. citizen held in a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Producer of “Halloween” Films, Daughter, Die in Amman Hotel Bombings
Moustapha Akkad, known for the Halloween films which brought Jamie Lee Curtis to stardom, and his daughter Rima Akkad Monla died at the Radisson Hotel, the site of one of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Hamdan Case
The Supreme Court today (November 7) granted certiorari in the case of former driver for Osama bin Laden, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a yemeni native. Tamdan challenges the constitutionality of President…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Lynn Stewart Denied New Trial
By Ellen Podgor
According to the NYTimes here, Lynn Stewart, an attorney who was convicted for allegedly aiding a terrorist has been denied a new trial. Her case arises from her representation of…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New CRS Report: Terrorism for Immigration Purposes
The Immigration Daily (Oct. 27) (www.ilw.com) includes a pdf to a Congressional Research Service Report on the terrorism-related grounds for inadmissibility and removalability. It is a nice concise summary of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Moussaoui wowie
Main October 20, 2005Moussaoui wowieOver at SCOTUSblog, Lyle Denniston has this fascinating post discussing legal developments in the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Government appealing millennium bomber sentence
Main August 27, 2005Government appealing millennium bomber sentenceAs detailed in this post, Ahmed Ressam, who plotted to bomb Los Angeles International Airport on the eve of the millennium, received a…
Media Law Prof Blog
Ban on New York Transit System Photography Dead–At Least for Now
The proposed ban on photography on New York's transit system seems to be abandoned, at least for now, according to the New York Daily News. The Transit Authority had suggested…
PrawfsBlawg
All for the birds? Why Solove is Only Mostly Right about Terrorism Threats
Main Wednesday, August 03, 2005All for the birds? Why Solove is Only Mostly Right about Terrorism ThreatsI agree with Dan Solove's comments below that we are likely misallocating specific resources…