Michael Ratner

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Michael Ratner is president emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights.

Julian Assange holds UN report

It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained? It’s Been Two Weeks Since a UN Panel Declared That Julian Assange Should Be Freed. Why Is He Still Detained?

It's time to end Julian Assange’s arbitrary detention at the hands of Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Feb 19, 2016 / Melinda Taylor, Carey Shenkman, and Michael Ratner

From Attica to Pelican Bay: How To Heed the Lessons of a Prison Uprising

From Attica to Pelican Bay: How To Heed the Lessons of a Prison Uprising From Attica to Pelican Bay: How To Heed the Lessons of a Prison Uprising

Forty years after Attica, the US prison population is ten times larger.

Sep 12, 2011 / Michael Ratner

Don’t Repackage Gitmo!

Don’t Repackage Gitmo! Don’t Repackage Gitmo!

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

Nov 25, 2008 / Editorial / Michael Ratner and Jules Lobel

The Uphill Battle For Habeas Corpus in George W. Bush’s Washington, D.C.

The Uphill Battle For Habeas Corpus in George W. Bush’s Washington, D.C. The Uphill Battle For Habeas Corpus in George W. Bush’s Washington, D.C.

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 un...

Oct 4, 2006 / Feature / Michael Ratner

For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes

For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes For His Eyes Only: Bush’s Secret Crimes

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 a...

Jul 2, 2006 / Feature / Michael Ratner

The Case for Impeaching President George W. Bush

The Case for Impeaching President George W. Bush The Case for Impeaching President George W. Bush

When an Administration with a track record of lies, torture and abuses of power cannot even float a palatable rationale for expanding unsupervised spying on American citizens, it f...

May 4, 2006 / Editorial / Michael Ratner

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