Aziz Huq

Aziz Huq teaches at the University of Chicago; his book How Constitutional Democracies are Lost (and Saved) will be published in 2018.

Covert OpsDecember 11, 2007

Torture Tapes: Failure at All Levels

CIA, Department of Justice, White House–and members of Congress–ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.

Aziz Huq
Covert OpsSeptember 27, 2007

Protecting the Wiretappers

Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.

Aziz Huq
LawAugust 27, 2007

Justice Denied

Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress–and the next President–to repair the damage he’s done.

Aziz Huq
Covert OpsAugust 7, 2007

Data-Mining Our Liberties

Despite blistering criticism of warrantless surveillance, the Bush Administration rammed a law through Congress that authorizes spying on our calls and e-mails. How did they get away with it?

Aziz Huq
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Executive BranchJuly 26, 2007

Dangerous Privilege

We need a law to define and limit the President’s claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.

Aziz Huq
Political FiguresJune 26, 2007

Cheney and the Constitution

If you think the Vice President’s abuse of power is scary now, consider what might happen when he counts Electoral College votes in a divisive 2008 election.

Aziz Huq
LawJune 8, 2007

A White House Plan to Erode Our Liberties

Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled back.

Aziz Huq
LawApril 4, 2007

Gitmo Justice

David Hicks pleads guilty and goes free, while the Supreme Court denies nearly 400 other terror suspects their day in court. This is justice?

Aziz Huq
Political FiguresFebruary 19, 2007

Framing the Presidency

What kind of executive branch of government did the framers of the Constitution have in mind? Not the runaway powers now claimed by the Bush Administration.

Aziz Huq
LawJuly 14, 2006

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Guidepost or Relic?

As the Bush Administration continues to exercise an inordinate amount of power, will the Supreme Court’s Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling become a guidepost for future government or a last lonely relic of a proud lost era?

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Covert OpsDecember 11, 2007

CIA, Department of Justice, White House–and members of Congress–ran through every legal and procedural red light designed to prevent criminal conduct and its cover-up.

Covert OpsSeptember 27, 2007

Now that telecommunications giants are shielded from lawsuits for warrantless spying, the Bush Administration is seeking to absolve them of past misdeeds.

LawAugust 27, 2007

Alberto Gonzales leaves office with the Justice Department tarnished, the rule of law debased and our civil liberties significantly eroded. It now falls to Congress–and the next President–to repair the damage he’s done.

Covert OpsAugust 7, 2007

Despite blistering criticism of warrantless surveillance, the Bush Administration rammed a law through Congress that authorizes spying on our calls and e-mails. How did they get away with it?

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Executive BranchJuly 26, 2007

We need a law to define and limit the President’s claim of executive privilege, and should set a process for Congress to overcome it.

Political FiguresJune 26, 2007

If you think the Vice President’s abuse of power is scary now, consider what might happen when he counts Electoral College votes in a divisive 2008 election.

LawJune 8, 2007

Beyond its power to jail terror detainees, the Military Commissions Act is the spearhead of a more sustained and long-term incursion on all our civil liberties. It must be rolled back.

LawApril 4, 2007

David Hicks pleads guilty and goes free, while the Supreme Court denies nearly 400 other terror suspects their day in court. This is justice?

Political FiguresFebruary 19, 2007

What kind of executive branch of government did the framers of the Constitution have in mind? Not the runaway powers now claimed by the Bush Administration.

LawJuly 14, 2006

As the Bush Administration continues to exercise an inordinate amount of power, will the Supreme Court’s Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling become a guidepost for future government or a last lonely relic of a proud lost era?