LEGAL COMMENTARY: The First Torture Trial
A torture suit against a member of the Bush administration (Donald Rumsfeld) has been allowed to proceed for the first time. This is very, very important.The Supreme Court sets a high bar for suing high-ranking officials, requiring that they be tied directly to a violation of constitutional rights and must have clearly understood their actions crossed that line.I'm not aware of any previous precedent on this scale. H…
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