CENTER FOR ETHICS AND THE RULE OF LAW

CERL updates

Karen Greenberg covers CERL’s 13 recommendations to close GTMO

US response options to growing Houthi attacks according to Gen. Votel and others

Why Members of Congress Should Not Trade Stocks

The Protecting Our Democracy Act provides for enforcement of the emoluments clauses

CERL Advisory Council member Mary Ellen O’Connell responds to the Fakhoury family’s efforts to sue Lebanon

Executive Board Emeritus Dell Dailey writes about Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine

January 19, 2022
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CERL faculty director in podcast on Guantanamo 20 years on

January 12, 2022
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CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein reflects on Guantanamo Bay in the inaugural episode of the Yale Policy Perspectives podcast.

CERL interim executive director speaks with TRT World about interrogation at Guantanamo

January 12, 2022
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“Until we come to grips with [the blatant torture that has been part of U.S. policy], we will never be able to restore the

Newsweek coverage of CERL’s 13 recommendations to close Guantanamo

January 12, 2022
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CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein and CERL Executive Board member Harvey Rishikof, both co-chairs of the CERL Working Group that authored 13 recommendations to

Mark Fallon talks with The Newsmakers about what it will take to close GTMO

January 12, 2022
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He explains that CERL’s 13 recommendations aim to “bring suspected terrorists to justice, restore the rule of law, and move away from this failed

Press release: How to close the Guantánamo Bay detention facility

On the 20th anniversary of the arrival of detainees at the U.S. prison, Penn’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law releases 13

Could a new government report spell felony charges for Trump?

Congress must exclude the provision banning transfers from GTMO to the U.S. from the 2022 NDAA

CERL interim executive director submits personal statement for Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on GTMO

CERL Working Group submits statement for U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on closing Guantánamo

The Biden administration’s moment of truth on torture evidence

CERL announces new interim executive director

Footnote from Greece on Veterans Day 2021

Tolling the statute of limitations to prosecute a former president: a double-edged sword

AG Garland must appoint special counsel to hold Trump and others accountable

CERL to move to the Annenberg Public Policy Center at Penn

June 24, 2021
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CERL board member Joseph Votel in podcast on Kurdish Women’s Protection Units

June 7, 2021
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Article by CERL fellow on space governance and new space sector entrants

June 2, 2021
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Trump had a sweeping view of ‘executive privilege.’ Now Biden is defending it.

June 1, 2021
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Flynn denies he suggested a military coup on the US

June 1, 2021
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To oversee or to overrule: What is the role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under FISA Section 702?

May 18, 2021
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Is the Goldwater Rule out of step with medical ethics? How four past APA presidents morally justify the Goldwater Rule

May 8, 2021
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New blog post: Democracy needs mental health experts to speak up

May 7, 2021
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New blog post: Conjuring a ‘First Amendment right of public access’ to FISC court decisions is dangerous for U.S. intelligence

May 5, 2021
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Watch the playback of CERL’s keynote panel on nuclear policies and threats

April 26, 2021
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Many Trump employees got away with power abuses. Mike Pompeo shouldn’t be one of them.

April 26, 2021
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