Constitutional Law

ACS Week in Review: July 28 - Aug 1

Blog Posts

Shayana Kadidal, head of the Guantanamo Project at the Center for Constitutional Rights, on Attorney General Michael Mukasey’s renewed calls for Congress to pass legislation on detainees’ rights.

Sahr MuhammedAlly, senior associate with the Law and Security Program at Human Rights First reports from the military commission proceeding at Guantanamo Bay.

A summary of a new report by the Office of the Inspector General finding that aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used unlawful hiring practices, and a look at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the matter.

A recap of Congress’s first hearing on the armed services “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

An overview of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing to address the ongoing complaints over the Bush administration’s expansion of executive powers.

Full post as published by ACS Blog on August 01, 2008 (boomark / email).