Sheldon Whitehouse

May 21, 2010 | The Recorder

U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse says the country is hemorrhaging IP due to cyberattacks, and more must be done about it.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

4 minute read

June 17, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Recent Supreme Court decisions on arbitration, pleading standards, class actions and punitive damages restrict this institution in its constitutionally intended political function.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

5 minute read

November 01, 2010 | National Law Journal

The conservative bloc on the current Supreme Court is flying all five red flags signaling its presence.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

8 minute read

June 24, 2013 | Texas Lawyer

The jury is more than just a means of dispute resolution, just a fact-finding appendage to the court. It is a structural element of our system of separated powers.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

5 minute read

June 10, 2013 | National Law Journal

Recent Supreme Court decisions on arbitration, pleading standards, class actions and punitive damages restrict this institution in its constitutionally intended political function.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

5 minute read

June 28, 2013 | New Jersey Law Journal

The Supreme Court and Congress need to restore the civil jury to its rightful place and have the Seventh Amendment stand equally beside its fellows.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

4 minute read

December 17, 2007 | National Law Journal

At the behest of the Bush administration, Congress hastily passed the "Protect America Act," which significantly expanded the president's powers to spy on Americans. It did this by removing from the definition of "electronic surveillance" wiretapping of any person "reasonably believed to be outside the United States." When the Senate takes up this legislation again, we need to correct this and other mistakes. Why is this so vital? Because of what this administration does when it thinks no one is looking.

By Sheldon Whitehouse / Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

March 17, 2008 | National Law Journal

For the first time, DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility has announced it is investigating an astounding failure of legal scholarship: how waterboarding, among the worst forms of torture, came to be deemed legal and authorized for use in CIA interrogations by DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel. President Bush's veto of a torture ban makes this inquiry all the more urgent. The investigation should help us better understand what the OLC has become, and what must be done to reclaim this great institution.

By Sheldon Whitehouse / Special to The National Law Journal

5 minute read

September 04, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Looking at the evidence that has become public so far, is there a viable theory of criminal liability arising out of the torture of America's captives? An investigation would provide the answer.

By Sheldon Whitehouse

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