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Last November, I posted on a decision by District Judge Gladys Kessler ordering the release of detainee Farhi Saeed Bin Mohammed. One might have thought that this would have resolved his status. Hardly. Check out this fascinating post from Lyle Denniston over at SCOTUSblog on the battle between Judge Kessler and the DC Circuit Court of Appeals on the disposition …

In a 6-3 decision, in Holder v.  Humanitarian Law Project, the United States Supreme Court ruled that the relevant prohibitions on providing “material support” to terrorist organizations are constitutional. The full opinion can be found here.  Analysis to follow.

In the event that you missed Bono’s op ed in the New York Times this past Friday , it is a must read:
ONE of the most extraordinary days in the mottled history of the island of Ireland was witnessed on both sides of the border last Tuesday.
The much-anticipated and costly Saville report … the 12-years-in-the-making inquiry into “Bloody Sunday,” a …

A previous post embedded a video from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in which Stewart opines on the temptations of power. Above is a video from Coldplay for the song “Viva la Vida.” In the lyrics, they too reflect on the dilemma of power. What would Lord Acton say?
Viva La Vida
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when …

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While I do believe that the Obama Administration has actually taken a  different approach to presidential authority than the Bush Administration, Jon Stewart has a point.

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US Representative to the United Nations Dr. Susan Rice delivered an address today at the Security Council’s Sudan briefing. Here are her remarks as delivered:
Let me begin by thanking President Thabo Mbeki, Special Representative Menkerios, Joint Special Representative Gambari, and Joint Chief Mediator Bassole for their very helpful assessments and briefings to the Council this morning. The United States strongly …

In case you missed it, Professor Dawn Johnsen had an op ed in Friday’s Washington Post commenting on her failed nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. Johnsen writes:
In 2004, the leak of a controversial memo on the use of torture catapulted the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel into the spotlight. Fallout and debate …

Der Spiegel Online is reporting:

Public prosecutors in Germany are looking into a war crimes complaint filed against Israel by two members of parliament with the far-left Left Party and a human rights activist who were on board the Mavi Marmara when Israeli troops stormed it 11 days ago.
Eleven days ago, the Israeli military stormed the Turkish ship Mavi Marmara, part …