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Obama's National Security State Bonnie Faulkner interviews the president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner on matters related to Guantanamo Bay, freedoms in the U.S., the criminal justice system, habeas corpus, and targeted killings.
From Glenn Greenwald (at Salon.com): As I wrote about on Saturday, the Obama administration on Friday night filed its first response in the case of Awlaki v. Obama, the lawsuit brought by Anwar Awlaki's father seeking…
This episode originally aired on The Takeaway, August 12, 2010. From The Takeaway:
Originally aired May 10, 2010. From the Law and Disorder Radio Show website: CCR Attorney Legal Observer Arrested in Arizona Immigration Protests
From the Law and Disorder Website: Lawyers You’ll Like: Center For Constitutional Rights Legal Director, Bill Quiqley This week, CCR Legal Director Bill Quigley joined Law and Disorder hosts during a marathon 3 hour fund raiser for…
ACORN is suing the US Gov’t over the unconstitutional Defunding Bill. Vince Warren, Executive Director at the Center for Constitutional Rights joins Angie to discuss. Play the audio by clicking the play button below
Australia has been put forward as an eventual permanent home for the six Chinese Muslim Uighurs who have arrived in the Pacific Island nation of Palau, after seven years in detention at Guantanamo Bay in…
CCR filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Vulcan Society and three individual African-American firefighter applicants, charging the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) with racially discriminatory hiring practices. This WBAI program discusses the Vulcans. Listen…
From the Fresh Air website's description of the program:
Shayana Kadidal, CCR Staff Attorney, discusses one of our most important ongoing cases: CCR v. Bush, in which CCR has argued that the warrantless domestic surveillance program conducted by the NSA since 9/11 has…