Lawyers are highlighting the High Court’s role in previously deciding on Jim-Crow era practices that excluded African-Americans from participating in Democratic primaries in the South, reports Elizabeth Vos.
Category: Constitution
COVID-19: DOJ Seeks to Exploit Emergency to Detain People Indefinitely
Trump’s Department of Justice is asking Congress to allow the attorney general to indefinitely detain people without trial in violation of the constitutional right of habeas corpus, writes Marjorie Cohn.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Your Man in Public Gallery – Day No. 1
Craig Murray reports on Monday’s opening statements in court, where the mere act of being an honest witness was suddenly extremely important since the media had abandoned that role.
Belmarsh Prisoners Show Duty to Civil Disobedience
This is a trial of the First Amendment as a foundation of our society and it calls for popular participation, writes Nozomi Hayase.
Assange Extradition Hearings Scheduled as Assault on Press Freedom Spreads
The day after journalist Glen Greenwald was charged with cyber crimes in Brazil, the timetable for the WikiLeaks publisher’s extradition case was set in London, writes Nozomi Hayase.
When a Chief Justice Reminded Senators in an Impeachment Trial That They Were not Jurors
With an eye on Trump’s impeachment trial, Steven Lubet points out that senators at such a trial are not the equivalent of a jury and are not held to a juror’s standard of neutrality.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Those Torture Drawings in the NYT
In 2002, John Kiriakou captured the Guantanamo prisoner who drew those sickening pictures. Abu Zubaydah has a constitutional right to face his accusers in court, or be released, Kiriakou says.
Chicago Teachers’ Strike Isn’t Just About Kids – It’s About Union Power
In the wake of a negative 2018 Supreme Court ruling, what the teachers’ unions want and need is membership, write Bradley D. Marianno and Katharine O. Strunk.
Civil Rights on High Court Chopping Block in New Term
The cases concern everything from firing people who are LGBTQ, to abortion restrictions that disproportionately affect low-income women, to deportations, to the scope of the Second Amendment, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Russiagate is Dead, but for the Political Establishment, it is Still the New 42
Craig Murray offers a guide to a judge’s conclusion that claims made as the basis of Russiagate are insufficient to even warrant a hearing.