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Op-Ed

“Terrorism” Is The Wrong Lens For The Capitol Attacks

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date February 8, 2021
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Congressional leaders have devised a legislative response to the Capitol insurrection. What’s wrong with it? The bill now before Congress, H. R. 350, aims to “authorize dedicated domestic terrorism offices within the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to analyze and monitor domestic terrorist activity and require […]

Tags black identity extremism, bundy ranch, capitol insurrection, counterterrorism, DHS, Domestic Surveillance, domestic terrorism, FBI, holy land foundation, national security, nicholas teausant, standing rock, tarek mehanna

Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Supreme Court Rulings in Hernandez v. Mesa and Ziglar v. Abbasi

Post author By Alex Marthews
Post date July 3, 2017
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Rulings in Ziglar and Hernandez: The Supreme Court, the Fourth Amendment and the `Special Factor’ of `National Security’ In Hernandez v. Mesa and Ziglar v. Abbasi, two just-decided cases, the Supreme Court has now made it such that individuals wishing to obtain damages from agents of the federal government for violation of their Fourth Amendment […]

Tags 4th Amendment, Bivens claim, border patrol, Clarence Thomas, decision, federal, Fourth Amendment, Henandez v. Mesa, judicial, judiciary, national security, ruling, special factor, Supreme Court, warrantless, Ziglar v. Abbasi