Law and Justice

Rule of Law
As a branch of government it is unique from the other two branches of government – the legislative. and executive branches – in that the supreme Justices are arbiters of what is allowed or prevented by the US Constitution as the ultimate source of the rule of law in America.
Saleh v. Bush involves claims by an Iraqi woman, Sundus Shaker Saleh, that former President George W. Bush and other high ranking Bush-era officials broke the law when they planned and waged the Iraq War.
The case, Saleh v. Bush, involves claims by an Iraqi mother that George W. Bush, Richard Cheney, Colin Powell, Donald Rumsfeld, Condoleezza Rice, and Paul Wolfowitz — waged a war of aggression against Iraq in 2003,
“Promote the human dignity, justice, equality and the rule of law”? Will any Saudi official involved in human rights violations not to mention State support of terrorist organizations in Syria, Iraq, be called to account to the Court?
Remembering Victor Rabinowitz: Legal Giant of the Left By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 25, 2007
French prosecutors throw out Rumsfeld torture case By Global Research, November 24, 2007
Law and Resistance: The Republic in Crisis and the People’s Response By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, November 22, 2007
Musharraf Plays Bush for a Fool By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, November 20, 2007
Re: Criminals’ literary profits, Open Letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. By Felicity Arbuthnot, November 20, 2007
Bush’s Clever Cognitive Dissonance By Robert Parry, November 18, 2007
Muslim Charities: Denial of Due Process to Muslims Disgraces Us All By Katherine Hughes, November 18, 2007
Torturing Palestinian Detainees By Stephen Lendman, November 14, 2007
International Bar Association calls upon the world’s bars and law societies to support lawyers and judges in Pakistan By Global Research, November 08, 2007
National State of Emergency in Pakistan condemned by National Lawyers Guild By Global Research, November 07, 2007
Warning, this film could make you very angry By Robert Fisk, November 04, 2007
Big Brother: House passes the “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act” By Lee Rogers, November 02, 2007
It’s Time to Fire Washington! By Debbie Lewis, November 02, 2007
Congressional Shame and Duplicity By Stephen Lendman, November 01, 2007
Kosovo and the Westphalian Order By James Bissett, October 29, 2007
Michael Mukasey: Another Loyal Bushie By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 22, 2007
The Economic Sanctions Against Cuba: the Failure of a Cruel and Irrational Policy By Salim Lamrani, October 08, 2007
Torture Endorsed, Torture Denied By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, October 08, 2007
Licensed to Kill By Scott Horton, October 07, 2007
Why Not Impeachment? By Robert Parry, October 07, 2007
“Unrecognized” Palestinians By Stephen Lendman, September 09, 2007
Luis Posada Carriles, the White House terrorist By Salim Lamrani, September 07, 2007
Departing Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Favorite Memory: Gonzo on Habeas By Robert Parry, August 29, 2007
Alberto Gonzales and the Coup Against Democracy By Ramzy Baroud, August 11, 2007
FISA Revised: A Blank Check for Domestic Spying By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, August 10, 2007
U.S. Government’s Role in Torture: House of Death continues to haunt Bush Administration By Bill Conroy, August 09, 2007
Violation of International Law: The Security and Prosperity Partnership must be declared Null and Void By The Global Compliance Research Project, August 09, 2007
Reviewing Marjorie Cohn’s “Cowboy Republic” By Stephen Lendman, August 09, 2007
Time for an Independent Counsel By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 30, 2007
Showdown Looming Over Executive Privilege By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 24, 2007
Reining In an Out-of-Control Executive By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 16, 2007
No Inquest into the Death of Dr. David Kelly By Dr. C. Stephen Frost, Dr. David Halpin, and Dr. Chris Burns-Cox, July 15, 2007
The Opportunistic Commuter-in-Chief By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, July 06, 2007
Libby and Vanunu By Daniel Ellsberg, July 06, 2007
The freeing of Lewis Libby: Government criminality and the class nature of American “justice” By Bill Van Auken, July 05, 2007
The Libby Cover-up Completed By Robert Parry, July 05, 2007
Targeting Dissent: FBI Spying on the National Lawyers Guild By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 26, 2007
Blair could face Trial for War Crimes By Chimes of Freedom, June 15, 2007
Sailing to Gaza By Silvia Cattori, June 08, 2007
“Unlawful Enemy Combatants” and the International Criminal Court By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, June 08, 2007
No Unlawful Enemy Combatants at Guantánamo By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 06, 2007
Jail Sentence for Scooter Libby By Global Research, June 05, 2007
As part of CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program: Boeing subsidiary accused of profiting from torture By David Walsh, June 03, 2007
The Unitary King George By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, June 01, 2007
Revisiting the ‘Rwandan Genocide’ By Steven Da Silva, June 01, 2007
Polonium and Politics By Vladimir Simonov, May 25, 2007
U.S. Real ID Act Poses Real Threats By Jason Hahn, May 20, 2007
Bush Justice Department cover-up unraveling By Patrick Martin, May 17, 2007
The moral bankruptcy of the European Union in its policies towards Cuba By Salim Lamrani, May 14, 2007
The Bollyn Trial: The Destruction and Withholding of Evidence By Global Research, May 12, 2007
Fighting Terror Selectively: Washington and Posada By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, May 10, 2007
Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milosevic and the Corruption of International Justice By Edward S. Herman, May 06, 2007
Lawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection By Joshua Pantesco, April 29, 2007
Immigrants Used to Justify a Homeland Security Police State By Peter Phillips, April 23, 2007
Alberto Gonzales: Tip of the Iceberg By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, April 21, 2007
Harvard’s Kangaroo Law School By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, April 21, 2007
U.S. Attorneys and Voting Rights: The New Watergate By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, April 12, 2007
Executing political opponents & their lawyers: Imminent threat to Iraqi Defense Attorney Badee Izzat Aref By Global Research, April 09, 2007
Guantánamo and the US Supreme Court: Coming Up Short on Habeas for Detainees By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, April 03, 2007
Showdown between Britain and Iran: Is Mediation Possible? By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, March 30, 2007
Spanish Judge calls for architects of Iraq invasion to be tried for war crimes By Vicky Short, March 28, 2007
Thousands of right-wing settlers try to re-occupy dismantled illegal settlement in West Bank By Global Research, March 27, 2007
Some Questions regarding the Bullying of Iran By John Finch, March 25, 2007
Bush Paves the Way for Martial Law By Global Research, March 21, 2007
Judicial Crisis in Pakistan: Musharraf goes after the Supreme Court By Zeeshan Mansoor, March 19, 2007
Tony Blair faces prospect of an International Criminal Court investigation for war crimes in Iraq. By Global Research, March 18, 2007
Political Purging and Spying on Americans By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, March 12, 2007
Three Iraqi women who face imminent execution: update By Global Research, March 10, 2007
Dr David Kelly’s unnatural death: Murder of the Law By Dr. David Halpin, March 09, 2007
Yugoslavia: Human Rights Watch in Service to the War Party By Edward S. Herman and David Peterson and George Szamuely, March 09, 2007
Washington jury convicts top Cheney aide of four felonies By Patrick Martin, March 07, 2007
Conscientious Objector Faces Court-Martial: The Case of Augustín Aguayo By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, March 06, 2007
Worldwide Mobilization: Second update on efforts to stop the Summary execution of three Iraqi women By Global Research, March 03, 2007
The death sentence pronounced on three Iraqi women alleged to be members of the resistance By Niloufer Bhagwat, March 03, 2007
Iraq: New Martial Law Powers Threaten Basic Rights By Human Rights Watch, March 02, 2007
US-installed Iraqi government imposes a culture of death and derogation of women’s rights By Hana Al-Bayaty, February 28, 2007
The Court Martial Mistrial of Lt. Watada By Prof. Francis A. Boyle, February 27, 2007
The War on Canadian Civil Liberties: Government told by Supreme Court to rewrite Law By Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, February 26, 2007
Routine Practices of Torture by US Forces in Iraq: Testimony of Abbas Z. Abid to the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission By Global Research, February 23, 2007
Canada-Afghanistan detainee agreement allows torture: rights groups By Joshua Pantesco, February 23, 2007