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News release: “According to the 2009 National Gang Threat Assessment released by the National Gang Intelligence Center (NGIC) and the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC), approximately one million gang members belonging to more than 20,000 gangs were criminally active in the U.S. as of September 2008. The assessment was developed through analysis of available federal, …
News release: “The Federal Trade Commission has charged a home mortgage lender and its owner with violating federal law by charging Hispanic consumers higher prices for mortgage loans than non-Hispanic white consumers price disparities that cannot be explained by the applicants credit characteristics or underwriting risk. The FTC seeks to bar future violations and …
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Terrorist Watchlist Nomination Practices, Audit Report 09-25, May 2009 “The federal governments consolidated terrorist watchlist was created in March 2004 by merging previously separate watchlists that were once maintained by different agencies throughout the federal government. The watchlist is managed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), through its supervision …
LLRX Book Review by Heather A. Phillips – Just and Unjust Warriors: the moral and legal status of soldiers – Heather A. Phillips describes how though a series of eleven well-written and closely reasoned original essays this book question the treatments of many of the foundations of classical just war theory, such as a non-volunteer …
“A total of 1,891 applications to federal and state judges for orders authorizing the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications were reported in 2008. No applications were denied. This is a 14 percent decrease in the total of applications reported, compared to 2007. Fewer states22 states compared to 24 in 2007reported wiretap activity and …
State Department, Washington, DC, April 27, 2009: “On March 31, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice announced that the United States will seek a seat this year on the United Nations Human Rights Council with the goal of working to make it a more …
News release: “In anticipation of President Obamas 100th day in office, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold today released a “100 Day Rule of Law Report” to examine the new administrations efforts to reverse the Bush administrations eight year assault on the rule of law. Feingold assessed the steps the Obama administration has taken thus far to …
Legal Analysis of Religious Exemptions for Photo Identification Requirements, April 13, 2009. Federal Advisory Committees: An Overview, April 16, 2009. Piracy Off the Horn of Africa, April 21, 2009. FY2009 Spring Supplemental Appropriations for Overseas Contingency Operations, April 17, 2009. Organized Crime in the United States: Trends and Issues for Congress, April 16, 2009. Disconnected …
New York Review of Books: The Need to Roll Back Presidential Power Grabs, By Arlen Specter, April 16, 2009 “In the seven and a half years since September 11, the United States has witnessed one of the greatest expansions of executive authority in its history, at the expense of the constitutionally mandated separation of powers. …
Unclassified and Redacted – Inquiry Into the Treatment Of Detainees In U.S. Custody, November 20, 2008 (Released, April 22, 2009) (263 pages, PDF) “The abuse of detainees in U.S. custody cannot simply be attributed to the actions of “a few bad apples” acting on their own. The fact is that senior officials in the United …
F.B.I. and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases, by Solomon Moore: “Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet convicted. The move, intended to help solve more crimes, is raising concerns about the privacy of petty offenders and people who …
Statement of President Barack Obama on Release of OLC Memos: “The Department of Justice will today release certain memos issued by the Office of Legal Counsel between 2002 and 2005 as part of an ongoing court case. These memos speak to techniques that were used in the interrogation of terrorism suspects during that period, and …
