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Breaking the Judicial Nominations and Confirmations Logjam

February 28, 2011

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Making Our Democracy Work: A Conversation with Justice Stephen G. Breyer

November 10, 2010

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A Guantánamo Bay Habeas Corpus Case on Constitution Day

September 17, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

What Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Should Expect

May 10, 2010, Benjamin Wittes

The Courts' Shifting Rules on Guantánamo Detainees

February 5, 2010, Robert M. Chesney and Benjamin Wittes

The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantánamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking

January 22, 2010, Rabea Benhalim, Robert M. Chesney and Benjamin Wittes

No Place to Write Detention Policy

December 22, 2009, Jack Goldsmith and Benjamin Wittes

The Next Administration and the Future of the Judiciary

September 4, 2008

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Briefing on U.S. Supreme Court Rulings

June 27, 2008

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Unusual Nonsense: Supreme Court's Decision about "Cruel and Unusual Punishment"

April 28, 2008, Benjamin Wittes

What Happens If the Supreme Court Recognizes Individual Gun Rights? Not Much.

March 21, 2008, Benjamin Wittes

Prosecutorial Misconduct and Abuses

October 10, 2007

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Why I'm Not Looking Forward to the New Supreme Court Term

October 1, 2007, Benjamin Wittes

Ditch the Second Amendment

March 19, 2007, Benjamin Wittes

Are Judges Political?

June 20, 2006

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Scrutinizing Judge Alito: Does the Process Work?

January 17, 2006

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