Earlier today, the Constitution Project and Human Rights Watch co-hosted a panel discussion on immigration detention and access to counsel at the National Press Club. Two new reports, Recommendations for Reforming our Immigration Detention System and Promoting Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings by the Constitution...

Earlier today, in an effort coordinated by the Constitution Project, three signatories to Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration sent an open letter to the Illinois congressional delegation and the state's public officials supporting the use of federal and state prisons, including the Thomson, Illinois facility, to house...

Today, over 125 prominent Americans, including former members of Congress, diplomats, federal judges and prosecutors, high-level military and government officials, and bar leaders, endorsed Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration. Coordinated by the Constitution Project and Human Rights First, the Declaration represents the largest collection of policy...

Earlier today, the Constitution Project and the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security brought together a group of expert panelists at the National Press Club to discuss the civil liberties implications of the government's response to the H1N1 flu, more commonly known as swine flu.

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was created by Congress in 2004 in response to the recommendations contained in the 9/11 Commission report. The Board's mission is to review the privacy and civil liberties issues raised by the government's national security policies and programs. Originally housed...

"Throughout its history, Congress has engaged in oversight of the Executive Branch--the review, monitoring, and supervision of the implementation of public policy. Congress' right of access to executive branch information is constitutionally based and is critical to the integrity and effectiveness of our scheme of separated but balanced powers."

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Of the many Guantanamo tragedies, perhaps none has been greater than our handling of the Uighurs, a group of Chinese Muslim detainees. Picked up, detained, and wrongly classified as dangerous terrorists, 17 Uighurs spent more than seven years wrongfully imprisoned. Four were finally released last month, but 13 remain locked...

Within his first few days of office, President Obama issued a series of executive orders that began the vital and complex process of restoring the rule of law. These early moves broke from Bush administration policies and created great expectations for future changes. However, a few pen strokes cannot undo...

Last Monday, it seemed like deja-vu when the Holder Justice Department argued that a federal court had no right to hear a lawsuit about torture. The administration asserted that the suit is blocked by the state secrets privilege, a legal doctrine whose purpose is to prevent public disclosure of...

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Although the economic downturn is severely stretching businesses, state coffers, and family budgets, we must not allow it to endanger the nation's criminal justice system and to increase the risk of wrongful convictions. Only by investing in reasonable criminal justice reforms now can we...

Most proponents of creating national security courts to handle terrorism prosecutions frame their proposals as politically moderate solutions that close the gap between our traditional criminal justice system and the military justice system. We need a third way, they argue, because neither system can handle the challenges posed by our...