Sheonty Sultan-Baksh is being held in the Palm Beach County Jail. The West Palm Beach woman was involved in a fatal accident on the night of December 28th according to her arrest report. West Palm Beach police say that Sheonty and her husband Salim Baksh went to movies at CityPlace. After the movie ...

The has discussing the death penalty realities surrounding the prosecution of suspected terrorists in federal court.  The piece is headlined "9/11 terror trial: Justice facing 'uphill battle' on death penalty?; Some legal experts say death penalty no sure bet in Khalid Sheikh Mohamm ...

I’m the newest and I suspect the youngest member of the Davos Council of the Future of Africa.   I’m headed to Dubai for my first meeting as a Council member.   It’s a terrific honor – other members include Mo Ibrahim , Sam Jonah, Graca Machel, Maria Ramos, Obiageli Ezekwesil ...

Have you ever wanted to be a lawyer or FBI investigator? With TV shows like Law & Order, LA Law, Castle and CSI’s being so popular there is probably a little criminal investigation in many of us. But is legal work as easy as it’s made to look in an hour television show? If you want ...

Have you ever wanted to be a lawyer or FBI investigator? With TV shows like Law & Order, LA Law, Castle and CSI’s being so popular there is probably a little criminal investigation in many of us. But is legal work as easy as it’s made to look in an hour television show? If you want ...

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, which concerned the President’s authority to employ military commissions without congressional authorization, is among the most noteworthy of cases to have been decided by the Supreme Court in the last few years.  Last month, Professor Stephen Vladeck, who was part of the team th ...

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Mohammad Rizal Salim (The University of Nottingham Malaysia campus) has posted Are Legal Transplants Impossible? (Journal of Comparative Law, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Malaysian case Soo Boon Siong @ Saw Boon Siong v Saw Fatt Seong...

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said “I think health care is a privilege. I wouldn’t call it a right.” Journalist Arthur Salm makes the argument that health care is a right under the Constitution. His authority: Take this from the Preamble to the Constitution (my italics): ” ...

[Guest post by DRJ] Ten Guantanamo detainees have been transferred so far: This week alone, the administration transferred 10 detainees out of Guantanamo. Two were sent to Chad and Iraq, one was brought to New York to stand trial in civilian court, four were sent to Bermuda and three to Saudi Arabia ...