Glenn Greenwald has a great post over at Salon about the modern lessons of the Cataline Conspiracy and Julius Caesar’s unsuccessful attempt to prevent the conspirators’ extrajudicial execution. Greenwald draws smart parallels between Caesar’s defense of Roman legal precedent and the … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Rule of Law
On Secrets, State and Otherwise
Twitter is an exceedingly addictive medium. It’s also, by its nature, atrocious for expressing ideas with a modicum of complexity. For anyone who feels like glancing over my feed, I was briefly involved in a back-and-forth between Josh Foust and … Continue reading
No One Is Above the Law
Human Rights Watch has released a detailed report calling on the Obama administration to prosecute former Bush administration officials for their role in the torture and abuse of detainees. Seems reasonable enough. After all, this is not a tyrannical Middle … Continue reading
On the Passage of the Kenyan Constitution
Jeffrey Gettleman had a good piece in the New York Times earlier this week highlighting the lead-up to Kenya’s constitutional referendum (left: Kenyan voters lining up yesterday to vote.) The constitution, which passed today, appears to be a big step … Continue reading