Author Archives: Benjamin Davis

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law (with great appreciation for a dialogue with Sheila Willamowski, 3L, University of Toledo College of Law) Kidnapped off the street, hustled into a vehicle, disappeared into … Continue reading →

By Dawinder “Dave” S. Sidhu, Assistant Professor of Law, University of New Mexico At the heart of President Obama’s domestic agenda lies the middle-class.  President Obama, for example, identified “our top priority as a nation” to be “reigniting” “a rising, … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Benghazi hearings of foreign service officers yesterday.  As a foreign service brat, when the tragedy happened, I was certain there was a screw up at Main State … Continue reading →

Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law The news today (http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-selects-new-head-of-clandestine-service-passing-over-female-officer-tied-to-interrogation-program/2013/05/07/c43e5f94-b727-11e2-92f3-f291801936b8_story.html) is about the interim head of the clandestine service – a woman with “ties” to the torture – being passed over for the … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Thanks to a May 4, 2013 Glenn Greenwald piece (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/04/telephone-calls-recorded-fbi-boston) my attention has been drawn to Stellar Wind.  Stellar Wind is a much more evocative phrase … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Further to my Zero Dark Thirty posts, came across dear old John Yoo (http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/john-yoo-criticizes-liberals-for-caring-more-about-torture-than-diversity/274608/) doing a diversity tap dance in favor of the torture woman being … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law (Update 2/6 - A remarkable interview with Michael Ratner, President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He brings together the FOUR films seeking to rehabilitate the … Continue reading →

Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law (Update 1/27 – have my clearances and am on my way later this morning. Received detailed response from person assigned to me answering my questions below and … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law On December 13, 2012, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved a report on the enhanced interrogation techniques program (“the Torture Report”). The Chair of the Senate Intelligence … Continue reading →

By Benjamin G. Davis, Associate Professor of Law, University of Toledo College of Law Am at the AALS Conference and woke too early so thought I would put down awoke musings. 1. American Chutzpah at the ICC on positive complementarity … Continue reading →