Freedom House Tightening the Screws: The Kremlin's Legal Campaign against Civil Society e@ JANUARY 2006: Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation This law gave authorities the power to deny registration to organizations that “threaten” Russia, bar foreig...
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bodyguards of Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi, who is Sunni, arrested for alleged terrorist activities on Dec. 20 — almost exactly one year after he ordered the arrest of Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi’s security detail. Hashimi fled to Turkey and is unlikely to return s...
01/26/10 The 2010 planning landscape: NO estate tax, GST or basis adjustment rules; what 2010-01 Congress may do; possible constitutional “due process” challenge; what can go wrong when documents are wrong about how property is titled (Beudert-Richard v. Richard) 2009 12/22/09...
…aker and favored the politics of those who were trying to silence him. First, some background. There is a growing international campaign to prevent pro-Israel advocates, who have been invited to speak at universities, from delivering their speeches. The method used to silence th...
Ti v4 Expert Analysis to another, he added that “Tm speaking as a president and not as a lawyer.” ISSUES AT STAKE In December 2012, the Supreme Court an- nounced that it would take up two cases re- lated to same-sex couples: Windsor, which arose out of an estate tax dispute be...
33 in 1966, a position he cleverly exploited after Syria’s defeat by Israel in the Six-Day War of 1967, after which it was alleged that the regime had had secret dealings with the Jewish state. A “palace coup” inside the leadership brought Assad to power as president in 1970. Th...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 I am Curious Yellow My initial professional encounter with the First Amendment involved a direct challenge to the concept of offensiveness in the context of a Swedish anti-war film called I Am Curious Yellow. The story involved a young girl coming-of-age both...
Director Andrew McCabe would confirm statements made by James Comey about how the president had tried to intimidate him. In response, the President began a campaign of harassment, threats, and intimidation against McCabe. On March 16, 2018, after McCabe testified before Congress,...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 We categorically disapprove the theory...that obscene, pornographic films acquire constitutional immunity from state regulation simply because they are exhibited for consenting adults only... The States have a long-recognized legitimate interest in the quality...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 The Case I still can’t talk about: Chappaquiddick There is one homicide case that I still can’t say very much about, even though all the principles are dead and the case is more than 40 years old. I was one of the lawyers involved in the Chappaquiddick case—th...
30 group may have taken a backseat to the liberal youth movement that brought down the dictator, but it has wasted little time in preparing for the post-Mubarak era. Although the generals in charge of Egypt's transition have not yet announced a date for the parliamentary electio...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 Before we filed our petition, I had received several phone calls from anti-capital punishment lawyers imploring me not to file a petition for certiorari in the Tison case. “Count the noses,” one of them warned. “You may not have five any more.” He urged me to l...
anticipating its own demise and what consequences that might bring. It believes that in the inevitable Supreme Court battle that would follow a direct attempt by the President to fire the Special Counsel, the Court would surely rebuff such an expansion of Presidential authority....
…lection horse trading. If Egypt's liberals aren't careful, a similar fate awaits them. Bobby Ghosh, TIME's Deputy International Editor, writes mainly about conflict and terrorism. His previous assignments have included stints in Iraq, London and Hong Kong. He has also traveled e...
4.2.12 WC: 191694 know what to do with it so I tucked it under my neck to protect my new tie. One of the partners pulled it off and said “Young man, this is a restaurant, not a barbershop.” All first year law students at Yale are required to participate in a moot court competit...