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29 May

...his OLC opinions.) The rendition program was well underway before Goldsmith arrived at OLC, and I'm aware of no evidence thus far indicating whatf what, if anything, he did regarding it while he was there. Benjamin Davis See Jose Alvarez, Torturing the Law, in the Case Western Reserve International Law Journal if you want to see a deconstruction of Jack Goldsmith's work on extraordinary renditions. Best, Ben The NewStream Dream I have a related question. Has anyone ever apologized to Goldsmith? If I recall, a lot of people at Harvard...
29.05.07 | |

26 Nov

...Spanish move won't push the envelope on that front, especially given the precedent of the German Aussiedler (East Europeans of German ethnicity, also ancient). Liav, I don't have the legislation. Hoping for something from EUI's EUDO citizenship project soon (for those who don't know it, the go-to source for EU citizenship developments). Juan José Apparently, there isn't going to be any amendment to Spanish Civil Code. Government will give naturalisation cards to Sephardic Jews (art.21 Civil Code) who meet requirements demanded by an instruction passed by Department of Justice (not...
26.11.12 | |

17 Aug

...different from the offeror. Gaddhafi bets he will comply with the conditions and the international community bets he will not comply with the conditions. Best, Ben Jose Fernandez Exile-for peace is a disgusting concept, but as Mark Freeman stated, people may be repulsed by impunity but their “repulsion for war and tyranny is greater". Andrew Friedman Professor Scharf, Thank you for the phenomenal synopsis of the situation. I've been curious myself about how such a deal would be structured. I agree about the psyche of Gaddafi leaving him unable to...
17.08.11 | |

27 Feb

...Kozinski's opinion. For example: "Likewise, the 'private ends' criterion seems to exclude acts of violence and depredation exerted by environmentally-friendly groups or persons, in connection with their quest for marine environment protection. This seems to be clearly a case in which the 'private ends' criterion seems to be excluded." THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARINE AND COASTAL LAW Vol 18, No 3, 378 - 379 Protection of Foreign Ships against Piracy and Terrorism at Sea: Legal Aspects H.E. Jose´ Luis Jesus Judge, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Hamburg...
27.02.13 | |

26 Mar

...that he almost certainly will be convicted of a crime regardless of his actual guilt -- Jose Padilla was essentially convicted for thinking bad thoughts after being tortured to the point of severe mental illness. It seems clear to me that the government dropped the Al Marri case for the same reason they dropped the Padilla case: they knew they were going to lose, for the very good reason that their treatment of Padilla and Al Marri was strictly illegal. To hold otherwise would be a repudiation of ALL law....
26.03.09 | |

14 May

...the constitution does not protect you from being interrogated without your Miranda rights, it just prevents anything you say during such an interrogation from being admitted as evidence in a criminal case against you. It can still be used against others, or in a civil case, or simply as intelligence. Jose Padilla was interrogated for a year and a half without being provided access to a lawyer, but nothing he said was introduced in his criminal case. Every American soldier who is killed in action in Afghanistan is deprived of...
14.05.10 | |

20 Aug

...a remarkable wisdom in the man but not a wisdom that is inherent in the role. I find all these books a bit troubling as apologia. As to first-order and second-order, as a human being I can make a determination about a choice that is a first-order decision of the Executive branch. I do not want my phones tapped. I do not want dissent squelched. I do not want Jose Padilla held in prison for 3 and 1/2 years and tortured. I do not analyze these types of decisions as...
20.08.07 | |