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Washington's "War Against Terrorism" And Human Rights: The View From Abroad, Douglass Cassel
Washington's "War Against Terrorism" And Human Rights: The View From Abroad, Douglass Cassel
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"When it comes to human rights, there is no greater leader than the United States of America," White House spokesman Scott McClellan has said.
The view from abroad is less kind. A recent resolution of the European Parliament, for example, "condemns" our government's treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo. It urges Washington to guarantee all prisoners "minimum human rights in accordance with international human rights law and fair trial procedures" and to "immediately clarify the situation of the prisoners." European objections run so deep that a New York Times account finds a "high level of anger in Europe at reports that …
The Supervisory Power Of The Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett
The Supervisory Power Of The Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett
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Relying on something it calls supervisory power or supervisory authority, the Supreme Court regularly prescribes rules of procedure and evidence for inferior courts. Both scholars and the Court have treated the Court's exercises of this authority as unexceptional exercises of the inherent authority that Article III grants every federal court to regulate procedure in the course of adjudication. Article III's grant of inherent authority, however, is conventionally understood as permitting a federal court to regulate its own proceedings. When the Supreme Court exercises supervisory power, it regulates the proceedings of other federal courts. More than a reference to every court's …