Standing Up for the Rule of Law

Standing Up for the Rule of Law
  • Marquette Law School
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
12:00 PM CDT
1 Hour 25 Minutes
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Charles Swift is best known for having served as defense counsel in the Supreme Court's landmark decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. He will discuss his battle for recognizing rights of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Swift is a regular commentator on national news programming on issues of national security, military justice, terrorism, and piracy. He has appeared on Countdown with Keith Olberman, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Bill Moyers Journal, State of the Union with John King, NOW on PBS, and National Public Radio.

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