2006 Conference
Following are reference materials for the "Is The President Always Right? An Examination of Presidential Authority" CLE that took place on November 3, 2006. The Presidential Program schedule and speaker information is available online, as well as a video of the event in Windows Media Player format.
| September 25, 2001 |
Yoo memo: The President’s Constitutional Authority to Conduct Military Operations Against Terrorists and Nations Supporting Them |
| November 13, 2001 |
Presidential Order: Detention, Treatment, and Trial of Certain Non-Citizens in the War Against Terrorism |
| December 28, 2001 |
DoJ/Office of Legal Counsel Memo: Possible Habeas Jurisdiction over Aliens Held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba |
| January 9, 2002 |
DoJ/Office of Legal Counsel Memo: Application of Treaties and Laws to al Qaeda and Taliban Detainees |
| August 1, 2002 |
Bybee memo for Gonzalez on Standards of Conduct for Interrogation Under 18 USC 2340 |
| December 30, 2004 |
Levin memo for Comey on Legal Standards Applicable under 18 USC 2340 |
| September 29, 2005 |
McCain Amendment: Uniform Standards for the Interrogation of Persons Under the Detention of the Department of Defense |
| January 24, 2006 |
Prepared Remarks on Surveillance for Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzalez at the Georgetown University Law Center Remarks |
| February 13, 2006 |
ABA Resolution on Domestive Surveillance |
| February 17, 2006 |
Commands Responsibility |
| May 2006 |
Fein, Taking the Stand: A Defining Constitutional Moment (DC Bar Journal) |
| May 14, 2006 |
Turner: “Legal Eagle on Wiretap Flap” (Washington Times) |
| June 27, 2006 |
Statement of Bruce Fein before the Senate Judiciary Commission on Presidential Signing Statements |
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June 29, 2006
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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld |
| July 7, 2006 |
Pentagon Memo on Application of Common Article 3 |
| July 24, 2006 |
ABA Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements and Separation of Powers |
| August 6, 2006 |
Turner: “Presidential Signing Statements” (Washington Times) |
| August 9, 2006 |
Tribe: “Signing Statements” Are a Phantom Target (Boston Globe, p. A9) |
| Fall 2006 |
Koh, Can President be Torturer in Chief, 81 Ind. L.J. 1145 (Fall. 2006) |
| Fall 2006 |
Pearlstein, Finding Effective Constraints on Executive Power: Interrogation, Detention and Torture, 81 Ind. L.J. 1255 (Fall. 2006) |
| September 6, 2006 |
Ch. 8, Approach Techniques and Termination Strategies, Army Field Manual (FM2-22.3) |
| October 4, 2006 |
NPR interview: Yoo Defends Detainee Measures as “Rules of War” |
| October 3, 2006 |
Lawyers for Detainees Challenge Bush Plan (Washington Post, p. A-6) |
| October 15, 2006 |
Editorial: “Guilty Until Confirmed Guilty” (New York Times) |
| October 17, 2006 |
Military Commissions Act of 2006 |
| October 17, 2006 |
Dept. of Justice letter re Military Commissions Act of 2006 to U.S. Court of Appeals |
| October 18, 2006 |
Dept. of Justice notice of Military Commissions Act of 2006 to U.S. District Court |
