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16 Oct 2006, 5:06 pm
As the Boston Globe has reported, the Department of Justice itself has witnessed an increasing process of politicization of hiring, affecting the Civil Rights Division, the Office of Legal Counsel, Office of Legal Policy, and other politically sensitive sections. [read post]
21 Jul 2006, 8:55 pm
The practical expression of such law, however, began with the founding of the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1863. [read post]
15 Jul 2006, 7:32 am
The majority was content to suppose that the "law and custom of war," or the standards of "civilized peoples" regarding military justice, can be authoritatively settled by Swiss lawyers with no more real military experience or responsibility than the famous Swiss pikemen who "guard" Vatican City.The majority may have hoped to signal to Bush administration critics--particularly those in foreign countries--that the United States does respect… [read post]
14 Jul 2006, 7:52 pm
This will seem slightly pointless to the pure lawyers merely parsing language, but the law of war frankly doesn't make much sense without an understanding of the practicalities. [read post]
20 Jun 2006, 11:33 am
"Among those who signed the letter were the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the Alliance for Justice, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, the National Urban League and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.The 44-year-old Holmes served as a federal prosecutor in Oklahoma City from 1994 to 2005. [read post]
21 Feb 2006, 11:08 am
[JURIST] Minority voters in the United States still face unfair poll tactics and barriers that disenfranchise them, according to a major study [PDF; executive summary] released Tuesday by the National Commission on the Voting Rights Act [official website], a project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law [advocacy website]. [read post]
