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• Military Tribunal Convicts Salim Hamdan of Providing Material Support to Terrorism, Acquits of Conspiracy Charge

  Salim Hamdan, who is being held at the military’s detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and served as Osama bin Laden’s driver, was convicted by a military tribunal of providing material support for terrorism and acquitted of conspiracy... Posted Aug 06 2008, 09:46 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers, News And Announcements, Access to Justice

• A.G. Mukasey Urges Congress to Again Intervene Regarding Guantanamo Detainees

  In a speech before the conservative think tank the American Enterprise Institute , Attorney General Michael Mukasey urged Congress to enact legislation defining the rights available to Guantanamo detainees who are bringing habeas challenges to their detention... Posted Jul 25 2008, 01:27 PM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, Separation Of Powers, News And Announcements

• Prof. Lawrence Lessig on Money and Politics, Clerking for J. Scalia, and the Death Penalty

  At this year’s Netroots Nation conference in Austin, Texas, Stanford Law Professor Lawrence Lessig spoke about a new initiative he is involved in called Change Congress . The program’s goal is to “reduce the distorting influence of money... Posted Jul 22 2008, 09:08 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Constitutional Interpretation and Change, Criminal Justice, News And Announcements, Judiciary, Democracy and Voting

• Four More Decisions!

  The Supreme Court handed down four decisions today: Kennedy v. Louisiana , striking down the death penalty for child rape; Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker , limiting punitive damages in maritime cases; Giles v. California , curtailing an exception to the... Posted Jun 25 2008, 10:55 AM by ACSBlog: The Blog of the American Constitution Society Filed under: Criminal Justice, News And Announcements, Judiciary, Economic, Workplace, and Environmental Regulation