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Homeland Security Law and Policy
Law and policy have been tested severely in the era of terrorism and the Patriot Act. Scholars debate whether certain surveillance practices are constitutional or if the Geneva Convention should apply in prisoner interrogation.
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Neil M. Richards
Associate Professor of Law
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Richards is available to comment on issues related to the Supreme Court, the First Ammendment, privacy law, and Constitutional law. A former law clerk for Chief Justice of the United States William H. Rehnquist, Richards' research focuses on present-day and historical questions of free speech and privacy ...
Expertise: Constitutional law, First Amendment, Supreme Court and the Constitution, privacy law, press and the Constitution
Direct contact: (314) 935-4794
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nmrichards@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Kathleen Clark
Professor of Law
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Kathleen Clark teaches courses on secrecy and whistleblowing, national security law, legal and government ethics. Prior to teaching, she served as counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where she worked on issues of white collar crime, and was a law clerk to Judge Harold H. Greene in Washington ...
Expertise: legal ethics, national security law, whistleblowing, military tribunals, privacy of lawyer-client conversations, ethics in government, legal defense funds for government officials
Direct contact: (314) 935-4081
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kathleen@wulaw.wustl.edu
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Supreme Court Guantanamo decision
International law expert comments on status of Guantanamo Bay detainees
June 18,
2008 --
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The Supreme Court's recent ruling giving the Guantanamo Bay detainees the right of habeas corpus "underscores the commitment of the United States to be governed by the rule of law even during times of national stress, and is a courageous response to the overreaching policies of the executive branch, buttressed by a compliant Republican Congress, that have caused world-wide criticism of U.S. interrogation and detention policies," says Leila N. Sadat, expert on international law and professor of law at Washington University in St. Louis. Sadat, the director of the Whitney R. Harris World Law Institute, is the author of the leading treatise on the international criminal court, "The International Criminal Court and the Transformation of International Law: Justice for the New Millennium," and is closely following the status of the detainees at Guantanamo.
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Breeding backlash?
Strong counterterrorism measures may aid terrorist agendas, research suggests
May 14,
2007 --
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Strong government counterterrorism measures in response to terrorist attacks may cause economic damage and help terrorists groups stir up popular support for their agendas, often aiding them considerably in achieving their goals, suggests a new study from Washington University in St. Louis. More...
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Hot off the press
Former Reagan economic advisor says current defense budget is much smaller than during other wars
April 3,
2006 --
Current levels of defense spending represent less than 5 percent of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP), says Murray Weidenbaum, the Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He says that the cost of today's war pales in comparison to military outlays of about 35 percent of GDP at the peak of World War II; 15 percent of GDP for the Korean War; 10 percent for Vietnam and 6 percent for the Gulf War. More...
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Analysis: Debate Unlikely to Change Race
Associated Press
and 66 others
Feb. 27,
2008 -- WUSTL's Wayne Fields comments on final pitches by Democratic presidential candidates as they head into the last weeks of primary elections.
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Drug Informant Fights Deportation
NPR Day to Day
Feb. 8,
2008 -- A Nigerian immigrant here facing deportation says he's going to be tortured and killed if he is, in fact, sent back home. Frank Enwonwu was caught smuggling heroin 22 years ago. Since then he's lived the dangerous life of an informant for federal drug authorities.
He claims part of the deal was a promise to allow him to stay in the U.S. and escape revenge from the Nigerian drug dealers. Professor Stephen Legomsky, an immigration law expert at Washington University in St. Louis, comments.
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Bush domestic proposals address some Democratic concerns but will still be a hard sell
Associated Press
and 17 others
Jan. 24,
2007 -- WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields is one of several experts analyzing the content and presentation of President Bush's State of the Union speech.
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Saddam on trial
PBS – NewsHour
and 1 others
Feb. 16,
2006 -- PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer features a discussion of the trial of Saddam Hussein. Following a background report from Independent Television News, two lawyers give their reactions to the proceedings. WUSTL law professor Leila Sadat is one of the lawyers.
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Bush has hits, misses in annual speech
CBS News online
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Jan. 27,
2006 -- WUSTL presidential rhetoric specialist Wayne Fields comments on President Bush's annual State of the Union address and looks back on his previous speeches.
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CIA leak queries look at disclosure of classified data
Wall Street Journal
Oct. 21,
2005 -- Article updates the CIA leak case and suggests that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald may be piecing together a case that White House officials conspired to leak various types of classified material in conversations with reporters -- including Ms. Plame's identity but also other secrets related to national security.
WUSTL law professor and national security law expert Kathleen Clark comments.
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