As a law student I am exposed every day to new areas of our legal system. It is a truly powerful tool–arguably the foundation of our society. However, with each new doctrine and epiphany I am forced to remember our system’s shortcomings: its costs, its potential for abuse, and its selectiveness. Of deepest concern to me is our country’s ability to create legal black holes in which to exercise the evils against which our system was designed to protect.

It is so easy to forget about things like Guantanamo Bay and the Jose Padilla case, to let them slide from our consciousness as seemingly more pressing events take precedence. Indeed, this is part of Guantanamo’s design. However, while current events may be extremely urgent, I believe that the issues facing our legal system and our treatment of human rights exists like a virus attacking the core of our country daily. So in the interest of exposure and perhaps to lull my own sense of complacency, read just a handful of these:

Guantanamo Blog
Guantanamo 5 years later
Letter from Jumah al-Dossari
Amnesty International: Jumah al-Dossari

Lawyer Interviews:
TD Blog Interview with H. Candace Gorman
TD Blog Interview with Andrew Patel
TD Blog Interview with Donna Newman
TD Blog Interview with Joshua Dratel


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