International Law
US House Backs Away From Iran War
Saturday, September 27th, 2008HR 362 is off the table for this session of Congress. Last July, I and other critics decried this resolution as being the functional equivalent of a declaration of war against Iran. The Democratic leadership in the House agreed.
House Resolution 2605 isn’t as well known, but it is far more visionary. The author is Ron [...]
Privacy Dies in France
Thursday, September 11th, 2008The right to privacy is in deep trouble throughout the western world. The latest bad news comes from France, which has just been saddled with a new national intelligence agency with the power to keep track of the political ideas and sex lives of people who are not suspected of being criminals.
Time will tell if [...]
Wal-Mart Loses in Mexico
Monday, September 8th, 2008It turns out that Wal-Mart’s labor practices are even meaner overseas than they are in the USA. The Mexican Supreme Court recently told the company that it had to pay its Mexican workers in money, not in company vouchers that had to be spent at Wal-Mart.
Read the Mexican Constitution (in Spanish). Check out news coverage [...]
US vs. Nazario
Friday, August 22nd, 2008Jose Luis Nazario is being prosecuted in civilian court for crimes allegedly committed while serving as an active-duty US Marine. The Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act was designed for prosecuting US mercenary forces - who are not subject to the military courts.
This case should not be in the civilian courts. Although I have publically opposed the [...]
Salim Hamdan and the Decline of America
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008A military commission has convicted Salim Hamdan of giving Material Support for Terrorism. It acquitted him of the primary charge he faced: Conspiracy to Commit Terrorist Acts. Looking at these proceedings is like reading the autopsy report on the American Legal System.
Even if this defendant had been acquitted of all the charges, he [...]
Afghan War: Wrong and Illegal
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Barak Obama and many others who consider themselves to be progressive argue that the “real” front in the War on Terrorism is in Afghanistan. This is dangerous nonsense. Bush, Cheney, and the others lied about the Afghan war, too.
The Afghan war is yet another illegal war of aggression. We’ve already lost. It’s time to bring [...]
Declaration of War Against Iran?
Sunday, July 6th, 2008The Democrats in Congress are going to help President Bush launch his latest criminal war of aggression in the Middle East.
The House of Representatives is about to pass House Concurrent Resolution 362. The Resolution alleges that Iran poses a threat to the stability and peace of the Middle East. Iran has not attacked anybody. America [...]
DC Circuit Gitmo Case
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008A Chinese Muslim named Huzaifa Parhat has been in American custody for more than six years. He has never been charged with a crime. The DC Court invalidated a finding that Mr. Parhat was an “Enemy Combatant.” This man has been in solitary confinement for years, and now it turns out that [...]