President Trump has authorized a dramatic increase in efforts to detain and deport immigrants, using a system that lacks fundamental due process protections like the guarantee of legal representation. More than half of all noncitizens – and more than 80 percent of detained noncitizens – face immigration court without lawyers by their sides. Demand for […]

George W. Bush has been painting for several years now, but has only recently become an artist. His first paintings, mostly of world leaders, were remarkably well received, even by an art establishment that had hardly been friendly to his administration. And yet, although those early paintings were earnest and well-intentioned, they were clearly the […]

The Motor Vehicle Extreme Heat Protection Act, introduced in the state Senate by Senator Andy Dinniman, and introduced in the state House by Representatives Frank Farry and Dom Costa and is legislation aimed to protect pets left unattended in hot cars. The proposed legislation prohibits the confinement of a dog or cat in an unattended […]

We interviewed Ed Walters, CEO of FastCase: Who are you and what is your role? I’m Ed Walters, CEO of Fastcase, and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, where I teach The Law of Robots. From who or what do you draw inspiration as a leader? I’m inspired by Elon Musk – […]

​​​​​SAVE THAT DATE The Lord Reading Law Society is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, October 25th, 2017, it will be holding a gala dinner program featuring the Honourable Justice Rosalie Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada and Honorable Justice Stephen Breyer of the Supreme Court of the United States. Please consult www.lordreading.org or […]

The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch condemned this morning’s election of Sudan as Vice-Chair of the U.N. committee that accredits and oversees the work of non-governmental human rights groups at the world body, noting that the Khartoum regime persecutes human rights activists, while its leader, Omar al-Bashir, remains wanted for genocide at the International […]

The Geneva-based human rights NGO UN Watch on Monday honored exiled Turkish journalist Yavuz Baydar with its highest distinction, the Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award. The award was presented at a ceremony attended by senior diplomats of the United Nations Human Rights Council at UN Watch’s annual Gala Dinner. Baydar, an internationally-renowned journalist with […]

The scandal-ridden EB-5 program jumped back into the news this week with a Washington Post story about the Kushner company hawking Golden Visas in Beijing. Jared Kushner of course is Ivanka’s husband and a top adviser to the president. He has recused from EB-5 issues and divested from much of the family business, but that […]

Comey’s Firing Is Worse Than the Saturday Night Massacre At least during Watergate officials inside the administration refused to collude with Nixon’s orders. Bruce Shapiro, a contributing editor to The Nation, is executive director of the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a global resource center and think tank for journalists covering violence, conflict and […]

A foundation run by the Saudi royal family hosted a U.N. global forum for non-governmental organizations in Riyadh last week, on the theme of “Youth and their Social Impact,” even as young bloggers and human rights activists like Raif Badawi languish in prison for the crime of advocating freedom in Saudi Arabia. Speakers included UNESCO […]