1. American Capitalism, Predatory and Opaque
(Newsletter)

...protection of both U.S. and international law.  The military commissions and their trial procedures, created under the Military Commissions Act of 2006, have been universally condemned by jurists...

2. A Stunning Rebuke to Tyranny
(Newsletter)

...abeas corpus for foreigners accused of terrorism. The Court’s decision in Boumediene v. Bush nullified the provision in the Military Commissions Act that purported to remove the jurisdiction of the fe...

3. Injustice at Guantanamo
(Newsletter)

...njustice at Guantanamo Special Features By Marjorie Cohn    Friday, 15 February 2008 Torture Evidence and the Military Commissions Act The Bush administration has announced its intentio...

4. Military Commissions Act
(Newsletter)

DEAR [NAME] Military Commissions Act Editorial By Marjorie Cohn    Tuesday, 03 April 2007 Coming Up Short on Habeas for Detainees The Bush administration has stopped the Supreme Court f

5. America's Tortured Past
(Opinions/Features)

...he has) complete discretion in the exercise of his authority in conducting operations against hostile forces."The 2006 Military Commissions Act authorized torture, created the lawless category of...

6. PCHR- 2008 Annual Report
(Opinions/Features)

...ts the IOF Chief of Staff issue an arrest warrant against anyone so designated.  It's the same idea as America's 2006 Military Commissions Act definition of an "unlawful enemy combatant,&qu...

7. New UN Report Denounces America's Human Rights Record
(Opinions/Features)

...rmitting federal court habeas review of state and federal death penalty cases on their merits." He condemned the 2006 Military Commissions Act and its provisions that violate international human...

8. Lies And Torture - When Policies And Words Diverge
(Opinions/Society)

...hose meanings and intentions were largely fixed at the time that the Eighth Amendment was sanctioned.   Meanwhile, the Military Commissions Act is equally clear on the issue of persecution and ou...

9. Habeas Corpus Barely Saved
(Opinions/op-ed)

...llion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.” But the Court said that the Suspension Clause was not satisfied by the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA), Section 7, which forbade any court f...

10. Somebody Should Arm the Senate Armed Services Committee
(Opinions/Politic)

...e full Senate legislation banning secret government agencies, rendition, and black sites, closing Guantanamo, repealing the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, and...