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Thursday the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to deny Guantanamo prisoners the right to challenge their detention. Implications of the ruling, and the debate between creating a new "national security court," vs. trying militarily detained terrorism suspects into the federal court system.
Shayana Kadidal, senior managing attorney for the Guantanamo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights
Glenn Sulmasy, national security fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government; judge advocate and law professor, U.S. Coast Guard Academy
John Hutson, adviser to Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign; president and dean, Franklin Pierce Law Center; former judge advocate general for the U.S. Navy
Kori Schake, foreign policy adviser to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign
Rudeness is all around us - cell phone users and loud conversations in restaurants… and aggressive drivers prone to giving the single digit salute. An expert on civility explains why some people are rude… and the best ways to confront them.
P.M. Forni, teaches Civility and Italian Literature at Johns Hopkins University.