The House Homeland Security Committee held its second impeachment inquiry hearing into Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas' management of the U.S. southern border. Witnesses included two mo…
820 viewsThe House Homeland Security Committee held its second impeachment inquiry hearing into Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas' management of the U.S. southern border. Witnesses included two mo…
3,105 viewsThe House Rules Committee held a hearing on the constitutional authorities and responsibilities of the legislative branch of government. Government, history, and legal experts testified to t…
1,115 viewsThe Cato Institute hosted a discussion about President Trump’s border security national emergency declaration. They talked about the constitutional and statutory implications and made sugges…
321 viewsPanelists discussed many of the issues on which national debate has been promoted by litigation and public education from the American Civil Liberties Union. Topics included national securit…
439 viewsFollowing opening remarks by Rocky Collis and Aaron Cooper of the Georgetown Law Journal, law professor and former clerks of Justice John Paul Stevens talked about his views and jurisprudenc…
665 viewsA roundtable discussion was held on the legacy of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, who had announced that he would be retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court in the summer of 2010. Topics i…
333 viewsWitnesses testified on detainee prosecutions. Topics included legal protections needed in both civilian and military courts, international legal frameworks, and trial procedures. The hea…
1,074 viewsIn the second of several panels of a day-long event titled, "Counterterroism and the Obama Administration, participants spoke about preventing terrorists attacks through interrogation and tr…
117 viewsPanelists including former clerks of U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice John Paul Stevens held a discussion on the justice and his views on national security, including the rights of enemy…
104 viewsA hearing was held about the role Bush administration lawyers played in creating, developing, and implementing interrogation policies for the war on terrorism of detainees in U.S. custody an…
1,583 viewsLegal experts representing both progressive and conservative perspectives talked about the Supreme Court’s most noteworthy decisions during the previous term and identified emerging trends. …
548 viewsLegal scholars spoke about constitutional law and prisoner rights. They focused on Guantanamo Bay detainee rights and access to the U.S. judicial system, particularly following a five to fou…
447 viewsPanelists talked about applications of international law in the 21st century. Among the topics they addressed were the laws of armed conflict, challenges to traditional concepts of warfare p…
232 viewsA roundtable discussion was held on detaining and prosecuting alleged terrorists. Topics included the history of enemy detention, Supreme Court rulings, and the creation of military tribunal…
121 viewsThe American Bar Association held a law and national security conference titled “National Security Law in a Changed World: The Fifteenth Annual Review of the Field” to address the prosecutin…
98 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Patriot Act, parts of which were due to expire at the end of 2005. Witnesses opposed the extension of provisions in…
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