Michael Ratner

Michael Ratner is president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, and co-author of The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld.

Currently

  • Don't Repackage Gitmo!

    November 25, 2008 Subscribe

    Shutting down Guantánamo is long overdue. We shouldn't recreate it by another name.

2006

  • Pushing Back on Detainee Act

    October 4, 2006

    As Republicans and Democrats voted to approve the Military Commission Act last week, those who love the law were mortified by its passage and angry at those who capitulated, but unwilling to give up.

  • For His Eyes Only: Bush's Secret Crimes

    July 2, 2006

    By blindly accepting Bush's expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy at risk.

  • Making the Case for Impeachment

    May 4, 2006

    The idea of impeaching the President is not such an unlikely notion after all.

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Blogs

» The Beat

House Passes "Historic" Health Reform | Pelosi secures necessary votes, but only after accepting unsettling limits on abortion rights demanded by anti-choice Democrats.
John Nichols
26 Comments

» Editor's Cut

Around The Nation | Obama, one year on. Plus: Jeremy Scahill takes your questions, and a new video series from The Nation.
Katrina vanden Heuvel

» The Notion

Injustice in Illinois | Prosecutors in Illinois should be more concerned with an innocent man behind bars than journalism students' grades.
Ari Berman
28 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

Obama Fails in Middle East | Clinton delivers the ultimate diss to Abbas.
Robert Dreyfuss
128 Comments

» Act Now!

Equality Across America | This week, young LBGT activists are staging a National Week of Initiative.
Peter Rothberg
16 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Thursday | Dying laptops, recapping the election, the Dow, and the Yankees with the World Series.
Eric Alterman