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  • Legal Times

    Our Enemies Aren't Soldiers

    By Douglas W. Kmiec | September 11, 2006

    If I could change one thing about the way America is fighting terrorism, it would be the seeming inability to grasp the difference between lawful and unlawful combatants. Failing to keep

  • Legal Times

    We Give Money to Charities for a Reason

    By William Robertson | April 23, 2007

    Here's some sobering news for U.S. charities: While more than 90 percent of Americans donated money to charity in the past year, just one in 10 "strongly agrees that charitable organizat

  • Legal Times

    Obstacle Course

    By Aziz Huq | January 16, 2006

    It was disturbing enough when Congress restricted the habeas rights of Guant�namo Bay detainees in December. But now President George W. Bush is trying to apply the legislation retroacti

  • Legal Times

    Don't Delay Over Judges

    By Doug Kendall | December 1, 2008

    No presidential administration in history has been better positioned to get top-flight judges onto the federal bench. With a president and vice president who are both experts in constitut

  • Legal Times

    What About the Next Kid? Congress Still Lacks Rules Strong Enough to Protect Pages and Guide Worried Staffers

    By Timothy J. Heaphy | January 22, 2007

    Perhaps in an effort to provide some institutional reform in the wake of last year's page scandal, the House of Representatives on Friday voted to expand the membership of the board that

  • Legal Times

    Clients Can Choose, Too: Sometimes It's Wrong to Weigh Pro Bono Work. Sometimes It Isn't.

    By Lawrence J. Siskind | January 29, 2007

    Charles "Cully" Stimson, deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee affairs, ignited a firestorm when he condemned some of the nation's most prestigious law firms for representin

  • Legal Times

    Don't Dump on Free Trade

    By Ilya Shapiro | November 17, 2008

    The new Supreme Court term is so far more notable for cases denied review than those actually on the argument calendar, and it has otherwise been overshadowed by both the election

  • Legal Times

    Old MacDonald Had a Court

    By William W. Bedsworth | February 25, 2008

    I must admit I was startled. I had not expected to see a gorilla when I left the golf course. And I certainly hadn't expected to be within 20 feet of one.(1)/s

  • Legal Times

    How Prosecutors Go Bad

    By Deborah Jeffrey | August 6, 2007

    The North Carolina State Bar's Disciplinary Hearing Commission has done the legal profession a great service. It has not simply disbarred Mike Nifong but has also given us a nuanced explanatio

  • Legal Times

    In Memoriam: Ramsay D. Potts

    By Sheila M. Harvey | June 6, 2006

    Ramsay D. Potts, a nationally ranked amateur tennis player for most of his long life, always attacked the ball with vigor and intensity. But even as he walloped the ball, somehow he made

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