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“Indian” As A Political Classification: Reading The Tribe Back Into The Indian Child Welfare Act, Allison Krause Elder May 2018

“Indian” As A Political Classification: Reading The Tribe Back Into The Indian Child Welfare Act, Allison Krause Elder

Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy

In the summer of 2018, the Ninth Circuit will consider an appeal from the dismissal of a constitutional challenge to the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Brought by a conservative think-tank, this case frames the ICWA as race-based legislation, violating equal protection by depriving Indian children of the same procedures as non-Indian children in child custody cases. In reality, the ICWA seeks to protect the interests of tribes, Indian families, and Indian children by establishing special procedures and obligations in Indian child custody cases. On its face, the ICWA is concerned not with the race of children, but with the …


Without Unnecessary Delay: Using Army Regulation 190–8 To Curtail Extended Detention At Sea, Meghan Claire Hammond Oct 2016

Without Unnecessary Delay: Using Army Regulation 190–8 To Curtail Extended Detention At Sea, Meghan Claire Hammond

Northwestern University Law Review

This Note analyzes instances of U.S. detention of suspected terrorists while at sea as an alternative to Guantánamo, and how this at-sea detention fits in the interplay of U.S. statutory law, procedural law, and applicable international law. Of particular interest is the dual use of military and civilian legal regimes to create a procedural-protection-free zone on board U.S. warships during a detainee’s transfer from their place of capture to the U.S. court system. The Note concludes that U.S. Army Regulation 190–8 contains language of which the purpose and intent may be analogized to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure requirements …


Qualified Immunity, Constitutional Stagnation, And The Global War On Terror, Sarah L. Lochner Jan 2015

Qualified Immunity, Constitutional Stagnation, And The Global War On Terror, Sarah L. Lochner

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Command Responsibility: A Small-Unit Leader's Perspective, Jeremy Dunnaback Jan 2015

Command Responsibility: A Small-Unit Leader's Perspective, Jeremy Dunnaback

Northwestern University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Heterosexuality And Military Service, Zachary A. Kramer Apr 2010

Heterosexuality And Military Service, Zachary A. Kramer

NULR Online

The Kentucky National Guard’s 940th Military Police Company is based in Walton, Kentucky, just south of the Kentucky-Ohio border. In November 2004, in anticipation of its deployment to Iraq, the 940th was mobilized and stationed at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Love was in the air at Fort Dix that fall. While the 940th was preparing for its year of service in Iraq, five couples in the unit got married. Amanda and Todd McCormick were one of those couples. The McCormicks spent their first year of marriage in an active war zone, where their duties included training the Iraqi police force, …


Military Commissions And National Security Courts After Guantánamo, Amos N. Guiora Nov 2008

Military Commissions And National Security Courts After Guantánamo, Amos N. Guiora

NULR Online

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On Jurisdictional Elephants And Kangaroo Courts, Stephen I. Vladeck Oct 2008

On Jurisdictional Elephants And Kangaroo Courts, Stephen I. Vladeck

NULR Online

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The Influence Of Ex Parte Quirin And Courts-Martial On Military Commissions, Morris D. Davis Sep 2008

The Influence Of Ex Parte Quirin And Courts-Martial On Military Commissions, Morris D. Davis

NULR Online

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Crying Havoc Over The Outsourcing Of Soldiers And Democracy's Slipping Grip On The Dogs Of War, Joshua S. Press Sep 2008

Crying Havoc Over The Outsourcing Of Soldiers And Democracy's Slipping Grip On The Dogs Of War, Joshua S. Press

NULR Online

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No Third Class Processes For Foreigners, Benjamin G. Davis Sep 2008

No Third Class Processes For Foreigners, Benjamin G. Davis

NULR Online

No abstract provided.