Statement On Amending The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman, US Senate Judiciary Committee, February 28, 2008. RealPlayer, 7 Mins. Watch recorded video.
H.E. Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, briefs on becoming a signatory to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, February 28, 2008. RealPlayer, 18 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
The Role Of Lawyers In Promoting Judicial Independence In Pakistan, Washington College of Law, American University, February 27, 2008. MP3, 1 hr. 8 mins. Listen to recorded audio. Additional details here.
Choosing the President: Campaigning & Governing in War & Peace: The Next President and the Courts, UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, February 21, 2008. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 29 mins. Watch recorded video. Additional information here.
The Constitutionality of FISA, Duke Law School, February 18, 2008 [Professor Robert Turner, University of Virginia]. RealPlayer, 58 minutes. Watch recorded video.
Examining the State Secrets Privilege: Protecting National Security While Preserving Accountability, US Senate Judiciary Committee, February 28, 2008. RealPlayer, 2 hrs 12 mins. Listen to recorded audio [video not available]. Additional information here.
Statement on FISA amendments legislation, President George W. Bush, February 13, 2008 [urging the House of Representatives to immediately pass the version of the FISA Amendments Act passed by the Senate]. Windows Media Player, 4 minutes. Watch recorded video. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
Federal Cocaine Sentencing Laws: Reforming the 100-to-1 Crack/Powder Disparity , US Senate Judiciary Committee, February 12, 2008. RealPlayer, 2 hrs 12 mins. Watch recorded video. Additional information here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
Announcement of criminal charges seeking the death penalty against six detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, US Air Force Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Hartmann, legal advisor to the convening authority, Office of Military Commissions, Department of Defense, February 11, 2008. MP3, 18 minutes. Listen to recorded audio [video not availble]. Transcript available here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chasehere.
Holding the Hussein Regime Accountable for Atrocities, Vanderbilt University law School, January 31, 2008 [featuring judges of the Iraqi High Tribunal]. RealPlayer, 1 hr. 45 mins. Watch recorded video.
Judicial Confirmations, Federalist Society, January 31, 2008 [Senator Arlen Specter and a panel of experts examine the state of the judicial nomination and confirmation process].
Terrorists and Detainees: Do We Need a New National Security Court?, Washington College of Law, American University, February 1, 2008 [keynote address by US District Judge Leonie Brinkema]. MP3, 26 mins. Listen to recorded audio. Additional details here.
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FISA amendments statement [US Senate Judiciary Comm.]
