An article in the Press-Enterprise, entitled “Japanese internment trial rerun for newer generation,” reported on Dean John Eastman and Erwin Chemerinsky’s re-enactment of the oral arguments from the 1944 U.S. Supreme Court Japanese internment case Korematsu v. United States. According to the article, the deans ultimately “captured the flavor of the debate over the expulsion
Professor Ronald Rotunda wrote an op-ed in the Orange County Register, entitled “U.S. imports of lawsuits rising.” The piece discusses the rising incidence of cases from abroad being heard in U.S. courts in an effort to take advantage of a comparatively generous court system. Rotunda states, “U.S. courts should not accommodate countries, like Nicaragua, that
Professor Michael Bazyler had a speaking engagement in Germany for the International Research and Documentation Center for War Crimes Trials on the topic of “Litigating Holocaust Restitution Claims in American Courts: Lessons and Legacies.”
Visiting Professor Kyndra Rotunda was mentioned in an article in Commentary Magazine entitled, “The Gitmo Myth and the Torture Canard.” The article discusses the actual occurrences of prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay in comparison with media portrayal and popular opinion. Read article…
Visiting Professor Kyndra Rotunda was quoted in an article entitled, “Obama’s Gitmo plans – the ‘what’ without the ‘how’.” The article discusses the growing unpopularity of Obama’s plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and to move accused terrorists to domestic state-side prisons, and the need for a clear plan. “It’s one thing
Chapman has added a new Winter Abroad study program in Byron Bay, Australia. Learn more…
Associate Professor John Hall published an op-ed in Wall Street Journal Asia entitled, “In the Cambodian Judges’ Court.” The piece discusses the need for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to address the possibilities of corruption within its own court, in the wake of an alleged kickback scheme wherein Cambodian officials received money in exchange for positions
Visiting Professor Kyndra Rotunda was interviewed on CBS News Radio for her thoughts on the president’s recent statement about closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center.
Associate Professor John Hall was quoted in an article in Phnom Penh Post, entitled “Doubts cast over veracity of ECCC personnel audits, observers say.” The article discusses legal action being brought against the Khmer Rouge Tribunal over an alleged kickback scheme. Hall states, “The audits were never intended to detect the type of corruption that
Visiting Professor Kyndra Rotunda appeared on the radio show to discuss the CIA’s recent interrogation tactics, the Vigilante Eagle program and the search for domestic terrorists in the ranks of our veterans, and the government’s lack of support for veterans with PTSD and other inflictions.