2006.10.08 - PEGC Update
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1) WAR CRIMES

Balkinization --

October 8, 2006
WHEN LAWYERS ARE WAR CRIMINALS
By Scott Horton

http://balkin.blogspot.com/2006/10/when-lawyers-are-war-criminals.html


Washington Post --

October 5, 2006
WATERBOARDING HISTORICALLY CONTROVERSIAL
In 1947, the U.S. called it a war crime; in 1968, 
it reportedly caused an investigation...
By Walter Pincus

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100402005.html


TIME --

October 1, 2006
LETTING THE PRESIDENT SAY
A new bill lets Bush define who is an enemy combatant
and denies detainees habeas corpus

By Michael Duffy

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/printout/0,8816,1541282,00.html


Los Angeles Times --

September 20, 2006
'NICE, SWEET LADY,' 83, DEPORTED FOR NAZI PAST
By Richard A. Serrano

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-nazi20sep20,0,4349466.story



2) GUANTANAMO BAY

Kansas City Star --

October 7, 2006
LCDR CHARLIE SWIFT FORCED TO RETIRE BY NAVY
By Carol Rosenberg

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/15704593.htm


Los Angeles Times --

October 7, 2006
AT GUANTANAMO: HARD TIME AND A VIEW OF WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN
Detainees at a new camp will see only a sliver of a common area;
isolation has become the norm.
By Carol J. Williams

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-gitmo7oct07,1,1844572.story


SCOTUSblog --

September 28, 2006
HAMDAN II: FIRST TEST OF TRIBUNAL BILL?
by Lyle Denniston

http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2006/09/hamdan_ii_first.html


USCA D.C. Cir. --

HAMDAN v. RUMSFELD, No. 04-5393 (D.D.C. 04-cv-01519)

Before: Randolph and Williams

September 22, 2006

ORDER

Upon consideration of appellants' motion to govern future proceedings, and the
response thereto; and appellee's motion to govern future proceedings, it is

ORDERED that the case be remanded to the district court for further proceedings.

The Clerk is directed to vacate the court’s judgment filed July 15, 2005, and to
transmit forthwith a certified copy of this order in lieu of formal mandate.

PER CURIAM

http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/archive/Hamdan_v_Rumsfeld/CAD_order_20060922.pdf


The Guardian (UK) --

September 22, 2006
THREE YEARS ON, GUANTANAMO DETAINEE, 78, GOES HOME
Hero's welcome for ex-Mujahideen commander
with failing eyesight and a walking frame
By Declan Walsh

http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,,1878415,00.html



3) NEW ARTICLES

Laurence Claus, THE ONE COURT THAT CONGRESS CANNOT TAKE AWAY: SINGULARITY,
SUPREMACY, AND ARTICLE III (October 6, 2006). U. San Diego School of Law. 

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=935368


Natalia M. Restivo, DEFENSE OF SUPERIOR ORDERS IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW AS
PORTRAYED IN THREE TRIALS: EICHMANN, CALLEY AND ENGLAND (September 12, 2006).
Cornell Law School LL.M. Papers Series, Paper 18.

http://lsr.nellco.org/cornell/lps/papers/18


Jennifer Van Bergen and Douglas Valentine, THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF INDEFINITE
DETENTIONS: VIETNAM TO ABU GHRAIB, 37 Case W. Res. J. Int'l L. 449 (2006).

http://www.justicescholars.org/pegc/archive/Journals/JVB_37_Case_W_Res_J_Intl_L_449.pdf



4) OP-ED

TIME --

October 6, 2006
THE SECRET LETTER FROM IRAQ
By a Marine Officer

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1543658,00.html


Wall Street Journal --

September 27, 2006
THE THREAT TO JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
By SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/article_print/SB115931733674775033-lMyQjAxMDE2NTI5NzMyMTc3Wj.html


JURIST --

September 26, 2006
'ALL THE LAWS BUT ONE': PARSING THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS BILL
By Benjamin Davis

http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/09/all-laws-but-one-parsing-military.php

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Fort Bragg, California

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