From The American Scholar, who cares about executive supremacy? The scope of presidential power is the most urgent and the most ignored legal and political issue of our time. Restoring Habeas: Why old "enemy combatant" rules can't apply to a global battlefield. Whose prisoners are they, anyway? The Americans you've never heard of who are being held in Iraq. Foxes Only: Emily Bazelon on how not to investigate the destruction of the CIA tapes. Who gave the green light to "enhanced" interrogations? We all did. Torture, American style: A look at the surprising force behind torture: democracies. 5 myths on torture: Does torture work? Does everyone talk eventually? The debate rages on. Happy holidays; now, let's talk about fascism: Here are 2007's top 10 rights and liberties stories. The left should beware the rightwing wolf in civil liberties sheep's clothing: A my-rights culture must not overshadow the needs of those most urgently deserving of the protection of the state. Glenn Greenwald on the Lawless Surveillance State. From Vanity Fair, Big Brother Inc.: Meet John Aristotle Phillips, the data-mining genius who’s selling your private info to politicians. A review of The Revelations of George W. Bush by Volga X.
