A divided panel of the Fourth Circuit interprets the Military Commissions Act not to apply to civilians who are seized within the United States. SCOTUSblog reports: Under MCA, Judge Motz wrote, ... enemy combatant status must eit…
Fidel Castro isn't dead yet -- as far as I can tell -- but the exiles are already celebrating : In South Florida, which with Castro's rise became in many ways the capital of the Cuban exile, thousands of people spilled in…
A reader emails: A few weeks back you mentioned in passing that audio of Supreme Court arguments are available at www.oyez.org In the context you seemed to imply that they would be of interest mainly to lawyers. I went and downl…
A federal judge has resigned from his position on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: [U.S. District Judge James] Robertson indicated privately to colleagues in recent conversations that he was concerned that informatio…
My son, Christopher Althouse has made this List of the Great Movies. It's not my list, but I like a lot of these movies, and I think it's a good list: 1. Rashomon 2. 8 1/2 3. Intolerance 4. Persona 5. L’Avventura 6. The C…