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Wednesday, January 29

ACLU on Terrorist Threat Integration Center
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 10:08:46 PM

The American Civil Liberties Union expressed concern Wednesday that the new Terrorist Threat Integration Center announced by President Bush in his State of the Union Address Tuesday night would "put the CIA back in the business of spying on Americans." Read the ACLU press release and a background memo on US domestic intelligence.

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Columbia Goes to War
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 09:11:19 PM

Columbia Law School's Spring 2003 lecture series Columbia Goes to War features Columbia Law School faculty speaking on contemporary issues relating to war and peace. Watch Professor Richard Gardner on The Legality of Pre-emptive Force (recorded January 21), and Professor Oscar Schacter on Use of Force Under the UN Charter (recorded January 28).

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UN Security Council consultations on Iraq
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 02:54:03 PM

The UN Security Council held a closed-door meeting Wednesday to consider Iraqi compliance with UN Resolution 1441 on weapons inspection and disarmament. Watch press statements from representatives of Iraq, Russia, Syria, the IAEA, Pakistan, Bulgaria, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, Syria and France.

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Judicial reform in Afghanistan
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 02:44:31 PM

The International Crisis Group released a report Wednesday on judicial reform in Afghanistan, calling for the retirement of Afghanistan's current Chief Justice. Read Afghanistan: Judicial Reform and Transitional Justice[PDF]. An executive summary of the report is also available.

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Senate Judiciary Committee hearing - Leahy statement
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 02:36:01 PM

The text of Democratic Ranking Member Senator Patrick Leahy's opening statement at Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on judicial nominations is now available.

Title IX panel
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 12:00:34 PM

A US Department of Education panel holds public meetings in Washington DC Wednesday and Thursday to consider changes to federal laws and rules affecting college athletics, in particular Title IX. Learn more about the US Education Secretary's Commission on Opportunity in Athletics.

This day at law
Bernard Hibbitts at 1/29/2003 06:30:18 AM

On January 29, 1979, kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst's seven-year prison sentence for bank robbery as a member of the Symbianese Liberation Army was commuted by President Jimmy Carter. Hearst was later pardoned by President Bill Clinton.

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