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Gerald L. Neuman

Gerald L. Neuman is J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law School. He is author of Strangers to the Constitution and coauthor with Louis Henkin et al. of Human Rights.

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Undoubtedly the United States needs some kind of amnesty (or earned legalization, or call it what you will) for many of the millions of noncitizens now living unlawfully within its borders. Humaneness...
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David Cole has been providing invaluable service to the nation in his tireless advocacy of respect for our fundamental values in the face of terrorist threats. His essay here makes many telling...
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