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Assessing The Constitutionality Of The Alien Terrorist Removal Court, John Dorsett Niles
Assessing The Constitutionality Of The Alien Terrorist Removal Court, John Dorsett Niles
Duke Law Journal
In 1996, Congress created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court (ATRC). A court of deportation, the ATRC provides the U.S. attorney general a forum to remove expeditiously any resident alien who the attorney general has probable cause to believe is a terrorist. In theory, resident aliens receive different-and arguably far weaker-procedural protections before the ATRC than they would receive before an administrative immigration panel. In theory, the limited nature of the ATRC protections might implicate resident aliens' Fifth Amendment rights. In practice, however, the ATRC has never been used. Perhaps to avoid an adverse constitutional ruling, the attorney general has never …
The Patriot Act’S Impact On The Government’S Ability To Conduct Electronic Surveillance Of Ongoing Domestic Communications, Nathan C. Henderson
The Patriot Act’S Impact On The Government’S Ability To Conduct Electronic Surveillance Of Ongoing Domestic Communications, Nathan C. Henderson
Duke Law Journal
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Terrorism On Trial: The President’S Constitutional Authority To Order The Prosecution Of Suspected Terrorists By Military Commission, Christopher M. Evans
Terrorism On Trial: The President’S Constitutional Authority To Order The Prosecution Of Suspected Terrorists By Military Commission, Christopher M. Evans
Duke Law Journal
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