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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Bringing Light to Dark Matter: drones, torture, illegal wars
By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor, University of Toledo College of Law A colleague brought to my attention this week an article concerning the effort to extradite former Acting General Counsel John Rizzo of the Central Intelligence Agency to places … Continue reading
Prisoners Strike against Torture in California Prisons
The torture of prisoners in U.S. custody isn’t confined to foreign countries. For more than two weeks, inmates at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison have been on a hunger strike to protest torturous conditions in the Security Housing Unit (SHU) there. Prisoners have been held for years in solitary confinement, which can amount to torture. Thousands of inmates throughout California’s prison system have refused food in solidarity with the Pelican Bay prisoners, bringing the total of hunger strikers to more than 1,700. Continue reading
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Human rights implications of Arizona v. United States
Serious implications for U.S. foreign policy interests and U.S. compliance with international human rights standards will be at stake if the Supreme Court considers Arizona SB 1070’s constitutionality.
The Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Arizona is consistent with U.S. obligations under international human rights law as well as the Constitution. It at least partially protects the significant national interest in the conduct of foreign policy between the U.S. and Mexico as well. The decision upheld U.S. District Court Judge Susan R. Bolton’s preliminary injunction against key portions of Arizona’s infamous “Support Our Law Enforcement and Secure Neighborhoods Act,” also known as Arizona S.B. 1070, as amended by Arizona H.B. 2162. Continue reading
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Tagged foreign policy, Immigration, international human rights
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The Debt Ceiling Debate and the Constitution: A Call for Caution
Crossposted from Jurist Forum – http://jurist.org/forum/2011/07/davis-duff-ware-debt-ceiling.php JURIST Contributing Editor Benjamin Davis of the University of Toledo College of Law, joined by JURIST Guest Columnists Michael Duff of the University of Wyoming College of Law, Craig Jackson of Texas Southern University … Continue reading
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Tagged constitution, debt ceiling, default, separation of powers
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Taking on Hate in the Academy
Written by SpearIt Recently a colleague forwarded me a call for papers by The Journal of Hate Studies at Gonzaga University’s Institute for Hate Studies. The symposium theme, “Hate and Political Discourse,” immediately captured my thoughts and led me into … Continue reading
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A Long Overdue Letter of Condolence
By Olympia Duhart This is the letter no one wants. But for many families crushed by the pain of losing a loved one, this is also the letter that may bring a measure of solace. More importantly, this is the … Continue reading
Stephen Colbert is Teaching Citizens United
One of the pedagogy sessions at the AALS New Teachers Workshop was led by Paula Lustbader (Seattle) and Laurie Zimet (UC Hastings) who focused on how to bring technology into the classroom so that we aren’t competing with Facebook, Twitter, and GiltGroup.com. (I’ll leave those links out so that you will finish this posting!) Paula and Laurie are gifted teachers of teachers, modeling for the newbies how abandoning lecture and incorporating technology will make teaching and learning more dynamic, and empower rather than infantilize students.
So with Paula and Laurie in mind, I watched Stephen Colbert this week, in real time, awed once again by the sheer chutzpah of his comedy. Continue reading
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