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To bolster his argument that the Guantánamo detainees should be denied the right to prove their innocence in federal courts, Justice Antonin…
Marjorie Cohn
Marjorie Cohn is professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, dean of the People's Academy of International Law, and former president of the National Lawyers Guild. She is a member of the national advisory boards of Veterans For Peace and Assange Defense, and is a member of the bureau of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the U.S. representative to the continental advisory council of the Association of American Jurists. Her books include Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral and Geopolitical Issues.
After the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited opinion upholding habeas corpus rights for the Guantanamo detainees, I was invited to…
After the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited opinion, upholding habeas corpus rights for the Guantánamo detainees, I was invited to appear…
For weeks, pundits have speculated about why Hillary Clinton insists on remaining in the primary race when Barack Obama has all but…
What does torture have in common with genocide, slavery, and wars of aggression? They are all jus cogens. That’s Latin for "higher…
On April 1, a secret 81-page memo written by former Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Yoo in March 2003 was made public. In…
Is the Bush administration ramping up for an attack on Iran? The signs seem to point in that direction. On March 11,…
The Bush administration has announced its intention to try six alleged al Qaeda members at Guantánamo under the Military Commissions Act. That…
The Bush administration has announced its intention to try six alleged al Qaeda members at Guantánamo under the Military Commissions Act. That…
After a January 24 debate in the Senate on amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Senate appears ready to capitulate once…