Debate on War and the Constitution
John Yoo, author of Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, and Bruce Fein, author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution a…
1,460 viewsJohn Yoo, author of Point of Attack: Preventive War, International Law, and Global Welfare, and Bruce Fein, author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution a…
1,460 viewsPanelists talked about privacy issues related to the leaks to the media by former contractor Edward Snowden about National Security Agency surveillance programs. This program was part of …
437 viewsPanelists debated the legality of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and actions taken by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations since the start of them. Topics included the the use of wate…
1,213 viewsDemocratic members of the House Judiciary Committee held a public meeting at which witnesses testified about the Bush administration’s use of domestic surveillance in efforts to gather intel…
209 viewsWitnesses testified about H.R. 5825, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. This legislation limits warrantless surveillance to 60 days unless the president goes to Congress to justi…
695 viewsA panel progressives and libertarians moderated by Neera Tanden talked about the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment, baring states and the judiciary from legalizing same-sex marriage. Among…
195 viewsThe House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the constitutionality of a raid by the Federal Bureau of Investigations on a congressional office while investigating possible corruption. Wit…
296 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Senator Feingold’s call to censure President Bush for authorizing domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens and general conduct of administratio…
686 viewsBruce Fein, a Constitutional attorney, talked about domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency. Mr. Fein, a former Reagan administration official, was to testify at a hearing held…
91 viewsConstitutional attorney Bruce Fein talked about his recent op-ed in the Washington Times in which he said that “hate speech” should be criminalized in an effort to fight terrorism. He respon…
107 viewsAt an event hosted by the Center for American Progress, legal and political analysts talked about the potential impact of the 2004 presidential election on the makeup of the Supreme Court, f…
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