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25 Feb 2007, 9:26 am
Although he is a U.S. citizen, the president declared him an unlawful enemy combatant, with none of the legal rights we take for granted, and thus began the years of imprisonment and isolation that have apparently reduced Padilla to "a piece of furniture," in the words of the brig commander. [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 9:39 am
The Court has, for example, entertained the habeas petitions of an American citizen who plotted an attack on military installations during the Civil War, Ex parte Milligan, 4 Wall. 2 (1866), and of admitted enemy aliens convicted of war crimes during a declared war and held in the United States, Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1 (1942), and its insular possessions, In re Yamashita, 327 U.S. 1 (1946). [read post]
21 Feb 2007, 4:04 am
EEOC filed the lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in U.S. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 10:00 am
They were tried by a Military Commission sitting in the District of Columbia at a time when civil courts were open and functioning normally. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 4:34 pm
Civil libertarians now find little sustenance in domestic trends. 2006 saw the enactment of new counter-terrorism legislation not only in the United States, in the form of the ill-conceived, ill-informed, and ill-intentioned Military Commissions Act, but also in the United Kingdom. [read post]
7 Feb 2007, 9:48 pm
Over the last decade or so, when ALI (or some subset of it) has wanted to go beyond the constraints of what the law actually is, it commissions projects to examine what it calls "Principles" of the law. [read post]
2 Feb 2007, 6:52 am
Proceedings of the Electoral Commission and of the Two Houses of Congress in Joint Meeting Relative to the Count of Electoral Votes Cast December 6, 1876, for the Presidential Term Commencing March 4, 1877 1 v. (1877) United States. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 6:48 am
According to the EEOC charge, Target violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act by creating and condoning a racially hostile work environment at its Springfield, Pa., store for a class of African American employees. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 4:43 am
Ramos, 37, and Compean, 28, were convicted of causing serious bodily injury, assault with a deadly weapon, discharge of a firearm in relation to a crime of violence and a civil rights violation. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 9:12 am
[Introductory Note:  The following piece, written by U.S. lawyer Michele Host, is about India's Right to Information Act of 2005. [read post]
22 Jan 2007, 9:53 am
Because freedom of speech is an essential right in a free society, this opinion first addresses the interplay of First Amendment rights with the regulation of intellectual property rights. [read post]
19 Jan 2007, 12:14 am
Commission on Civil Rights," Commissioner Kirsanow obviously isn't pleased. [read post]
17 Jan 2007, 6:38 pm
Commission on Civil Rights and the Thurgood Marshall Law Library at the University of Maryland announce a joint project to make records of the Civil Rights Commission available on-line. [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 4:56 pm
The United States Commission on Civil Rights was created by [...] [read post]
15 Jan 2007, 12:32 am
Government Printing Office (GPO) teams up with the United States Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) and the Thurgood Marshall Law... [read post]
14 Jan 2007, 8:43 am
Jeff D. (475 U.S. 717 (1986)) and Buckhannon (532 U.S. 598), which allow targets of civil-rights suits to string cases along for years, and then grant relief to plaintiffs at the last minute while denying statutory attorney's fees to their lawyers. [read post]
13 Jan 2007, 4:35 pm
(quoting 528 U.S. 167 (2000). [read post]