Jurisdiction Total State Law Jurisdiction Total State Law Alabama 62c Mandatory[a] Nebraska 24c Mandatory Alaska 0 No JLWOP Nevada 16 Discretionary Arizona 32 Discretionary New Hampshire 3 Mandatory…

As a candidate, Barack Obama signaled his clear intention to break with the Bush administration's abusive counterterrorism policies. Once sworn in as president, Obama immediately issued executive orders that set a course toward reform. Human Rights…

(Washington, DC) - Under President Bush's November 13th Military Order on military commissions, any foreign national designated by the President as a suspected terrorist or as aiding terrorists could potentially be detained, tried, convicted and even…