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July 11, 2018

Digital Policy
The Supreme Court Adapts Constitutional Law to Address Technological Change

With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, two recent cases shed light on how Chief Justice John Roberts might decide technology cases if he becomes the court's new swing vote. 

U.S. Supreme Court
Blog Post by David P. Fidler Net Politics

April 12, 2014

Human Rights
"To You, the Court, I Have Nothing to Say"

In July 1978, the Soviet dissident Anatoly Sharansky was sentenced in a Soviet court for the "crimes" of teaching Hebrew, seeking emigration to Israel, and being part of the human rights movement in …

Blog Post by Elliott Abrams Pressure Points

October 10, 2008

United States
The Supreme Court’s Mixed Signals on International Law

Noah Feldman, CFR adjunct senior fellow and Harvard constitutional law expert, says two landmark Supreme Court rulings send conflicting messages to the world about U.S. adherence to international law.

Interview by Noah Feldman and Robert McMahon

April 18, 2013

Energy and Environment
The U.S. Supreme Court and Global Human Rights

On Tuesday the Supreme Court ruled that victims of torture, arbitrary executions, and other human rights abuses in foreign countries could not seek justice in U.S. courts. The ruling in Kiobel v. Roy…

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Blog Post by Terra Lawson-Remer Development Channel

June 30, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
South African Democracy and the International Criminal Court

For this outsider, the parliamentary and judicial response to the Zuma administration’s failure to detain Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and turn him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC)…

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Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition