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Comment RSSThe previous post discussed President Obama’s memo on the use of signing statements and signaled a more modest approach than the previous Administration. Yesterday, the President issued a statement in connection with signature of H.R. 1150. The President explained:
Today I have signed into law H.R. 1105, the “Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009.” This bill completes the work of last year by …
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March 12, 2009 # 12:49 pm # Armed Conflict, Foreign Policy, Supreme Court # One CommentObama’s memo on signing statements
March 10, 2009 # 1:52 am # Supreme Court # 3 CommentsOn Monday, President Obama issued the following memo on the use of signing statements:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release Monday, March 9, 2009
March 9, 2009
Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies
SUBJECT: Presidential Signing Statements
For nearly two centuries, …
MD Court of Appeals rules on the nature of the right to anonymous speech on the Internet
February 28, 2009 # 1:09 pm # Human Rights, Supreme Court # No CommentFrom Saturday’s Washington Post:
The Maryland Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and ordered that NewsZap.com, an online forum run by Independent Newspapers, does not have to disclose the identities of forum participants who engaged in an online exchange about the cleanliness of a Dunkin’ Donuts shop in 2006.
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[T]he court used …
Professor Adam Winkler on the Real Impact of the Heller Case
January 2, 2009 # 1:56 pm # Human Rights, Supreme Court # No CommentUCLA Law Professor Adam Winkler (a former student, I am honored to note) has a very enlightening piece over at The Huffingtonpost on the consequences of D.C. v. Heller. Winkler reports:
To date, the lower federal courts have ruled in over 60 different cases on the constitutionality of a wide variety of gun control laws. There have been suits against laws …
Supreme Court Grants Cert in al-Marri
December 5, 2008 # 1:35 pm # Human Rights, Supreme Court # No CommentBobby Chesney reports:
* Al Marri v. Pucciarelli (08-368) – cert granted
The Supreme Court has granted cert in connection with the Fourth Circuit’s splintered en banc decision in Al-Marri, and thus is set to engage the questions whether the 9/18/01 AUMF authorizes—and if so whether the Constitution allows—military detention of a noncitizen seized in the U.S. in connection with allegations of …
Hamdan to be Released to Yemen
November 25, 2008 # 9:00 am # Human Rights, Supreme Court # No CommentThe New York Times is reporting this morning:
The United States military has decided to release a former driver for Osama bin Laden whose trial became a test case for the Bush administration’s system of military commissions for accused terrorists, Yemeni officials said.
The driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, who was captured in Afghanistan in 2001 and convicted and sentenced in August, will …
