We Need a Nobel Prize in Law We Need a Nobel Prize in Law
Those who serve the law in dangerous and original ways are deserving of the recognition--and the protection--that a Nobel Prize would bring them.
Oct 10, 2007 / Garrett Epps
Questionable Verdict Questionable Verdict
Even the most naive American voter cannot be expected to see the morally, legally and politically questionable death sentence given to Saddam Hussein a milestone in the Bush Admin...
Nov 6, 2006 / Richard Falk
The Impeachment of George W. Bush The Impeachment of George W. Bush
The time has come to call for the impeachment of President Bush. Any President who maintains he is above the law--and acts repeatedly on that belief--seriously endangers our consit...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Elizabeth Holtzman
Human Rights, Rendered Meaningless Human Rights, Rendered Meaningless
The outsourcing of torture to other countries is a devilishly clever legalistic fiction that allows the Bush Administration to systematically violate basic human rights of terror s...
Dec 14, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bringing Human Rights Home Bringing Human Rights Home
The United States should respect international human rights standards within its own borders.
Jun 9, 2005 / Feature / Alan Jenkins and Larry Cox
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
The Supreme Court of the United States has had two historic encounters with George W. Bush.
Jul 15, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process
Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.
Jul 6, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Trying Saddam Trying Saddam
The capture of Saddam Hussein has raised the question of how best to hold him accountable for the horrendous human rights violations committed by his regime.
Mar 18, 2004 / Balakrishnan Rajagopal
How to Kill Saddam How to Kill Saddam
The last time I saw pictures of a man in need of a haircut being displayed as a trophy of the American Empire it was Che Guevara, stretched out dead on a table in Vallegrande, a ...
Dec 18, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Pillage Is Forbidden Pillage Is Forbidden
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Nov 6, 2003 / Feature / The Nation