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The Scouting Report: President Obama’s Progress on Closing Guantánamo

with Benjamin Wittesvia Brookings Institution
Monday, November 23, 2009

The decision to try accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators in New York has brought renewed attention to the thorny problem of how to deal with the detainees at Guantánamo Bay. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Holder's reasonable decision

by Jack Goldsmithvia Washington Post
Friday, November 20, 2009

Reasonable minds can disagree about Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute Khalid Sheik Mohammed and four other alleged Sept. 11 perpetrators in a Manhattan federal court. . . .

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Holder Downplays Concerns Over War-Time Prisoners Entering Civilian Court

with Benjamin Wittesvia Fox News
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Despite growing concerns that trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others in civilian court triggers a host of complications for the prosecution, Attorney General Eric Holder says he's confident the cases will be "successful." . . .

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GOP Opposition Slows Obama's Judicial Nominees

with Michael McConnellvia NPR
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Senate votes Tuesday on whether to end a Republican filibuster of President Obama's first judicial nominee, David Hamilton. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Bowing to "World Opinion"

by Thomas Sowellvia Creators Syndicate
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

In the string of amazing decisions made during the first year of the Obama administration, nothing seems more like sheer insanity than the decision to try foreign terrorists, who have committed acts of war against the United States, in federal court, as if they were American citizens accused of crimes. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Should The Government Fund Abortions?

by Richard A. Epsteinvia Forbes
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The now out-of-control debate about major health care reform has hit yet another speed bump over whether participants in the subsidized public option may receive coverage for abortions. . . .

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Terrorists: No gray areas

with Victor Davis Hansonvia Monroe News Star (LA)
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Many times, facts are facts and no matter how hard people try to tell you we shouldn't form certain decisions based on those facts, I don't need to examine every situation for all of its nuances when certain similarities keep rearing their ugly heads. . . .

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Fort Hood and Religious Liberty Topics at Federalist Society Panel

with Michael McConnellvia Legal Times
Friday, November 13, 2009

One week after the mass shooting at Fort Hood, a Federalist Society panel today took up the constitutional implications of law enforcement officials sitting in on religious gatherings during a larger discussion on religious liberty. . . .

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Federalist Society Panelist Calls for End of Patent Injunctions

with Richard A. Epstein, F. Scott Kieffvia Legal Times
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Should there be an easier way to infringe patents? . . .

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From 19th-Century View, Desegregation Is a Test

with Michael McConnellvia New York Times
Monday, November 9, 2009

If there is a topic Justice Antonin Scalia does not relish discussing, it is how he would have voted in Brown v. Board of Education had he been on the Supreme Court when it was decided in 1954. . . .

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