Four years ago, the Supreme Court held for the first time the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms free of certain government regulation. The regulation in dispute was a ban on the possession of handguns, ...

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Sixty years ago Dwight Eisenhower ran for president. If you supported him, you sported a “I Like Ike” button. If Eisenhower was running today, he would construct a Facebook page. You could express your support for him by “liking” the ...

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What a difference 2,513 miles makes in immigration politics. That is the distance between Albany and Phoenix. Last summer Gov. Cuomo announced New York would not participate in the Secure Communities program of the Department of Homeland Security. Immigrant advocacy ...

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Everybody knows the United States targets for killing the leaders of al-Qaida and the Taliban in the war zones of Afghanistan. It tracks down and kills the leaders in neighboring countries. It also targets for killing the leaders of groups ...

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Two columns ago I discussed a new ACLU case challenging the president’s policy of targeting citizens living abroad for killing. Al-Aulaqi v. Obama, No.10-cv-1469 (D.C. Dist. Ct. 2010).

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You attend a conference in Toronto or just take in a Blue Jays game. On your return, the customs official looks at your passport and directs you to the side for an inspection. During the course of the inspection you are asked to turn on your laptop ...

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In federal district court we have a potential death penalty case playing out. Allegedly three aliens from Jamaica entered the country illegally and executed three persons in a drug dispute. The court has appointed experienced counsel ...

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Tomorrow was to mark the beginning of the trial of Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, before a military commission in Guantanamo Bay, a proceeding now is being postponed until September. The trial symbolizes many of the inconsistencies ...

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Rounding up “illegal immigrants” is all the rage this summer. Arizona politicians stoked the frenzy when they passed a law authorizing police to detain any person suspected of being in the country illegally.

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“Thou shall not commit adultery,” an old moral command that 20 to 25 percent of married Americans — maybe more — disobey sometime during their lifetime. In New York, to disobey the command is criminal.

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High school graduation is a time to celebrate the completion of one voyage and the beginning of another. Commencement speakers recite the challenges and opportunities awaiting each year’s graduates.

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Three times the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has heard appeals involving the right of detainees at Guantanamo Bay to seek habeas corpus relief, and three times it has ruled against the detainees.

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