Obama's intent to immunize those who violated our laws banning torture and cruel treatment violates the president's constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed." Full Story »
Posted by Dwight Rousu
The law professor takes an astute look at the facts and the law. Prosecutions are required to uphold the rule of law.
The Torture Convention provides unequivocally, “An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification for torture.” More »
However, good-faith reliance on superior orders was rejected as a defense at Nuremberg and in Lieutenant Calley’s Vietnam-era trial for the My Lai Massacre. The ... More »
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