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The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Vega v. Tekoh, a case concerning Miranda warnings. In March 2014, Terence Tekoh was detained by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department for sexua…

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nestle USA, Inc. v. Doe I, a consolidated case concerning the 1789 Alien Tort Statue (ATS) and U.S. corporations' liabilities for alleged child slave…

The U.S. Supreme Court heard a second oral argument in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum, docket number 10-1491, on the reach of a 1789 law, the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), that seeks to impose …

American University’s College of Law hosted a discussion and debate of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum after the U.S. Supreme Court reheard the case.

The Committee heard testimony on police brutality and the Bush Administration’s actions to eliminate the excessive use of force by police authorities. The hearings were held in part because …