JURIST Special Guest Columnist Brian Concannon Jr., Director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti, says that the negotiated deal over the counting of disputed ballots which has made Rene Preval the president-elect of Haiti has correctly put...
Search Results for: 2006-12-29
DOJ: Guantanamo inmates cannot use Constitution to challenge detention
Lawyers for the US Department of Justice have told the US Supreme Court that inmates held at Guantanamo Bay cannot challenge their detention by relying on the US Constitution because "the Constitution does not...
California group halts drive to add same-sex marriage ban to June ballot
ProtectMarriage.com, one of two groups attempting to present a same-sex marriage ban to California voters in 2006, has halted its efforts for failure to gather the required 598,105 signatures needed to put...
Tokaji [Ohio State]: Move to Delay Electoral College in Ohio
Dan Tokaji, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University:"Today's the day that the Electoral College meets in each of the state capitals. Just hours before, some congressional Democrats and other Democratic activists asked state officials to delay the Electoral College...