9/8/2010 -

Materials for Gubernatorial Candidates about Reducing Crime and Corrections and Spending

7/29/2010 -

Prosecute Terrorism Suspects, Not Their Lawyers

6/29/2010 -

New Recommendation from National Right to Counsel Committee Calls for Counsel in Civil Contempt Proceedings

6/24/2010 -

Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration with Signatories

6/18/2010 -

Letter from Former Judges & Prosecutors Opposing NDAA Provision Requiring Investigation of Guantanamo Detainee Lawyers

6/10/2010 -

Habeas Works: Federal Courts' Proven Capacity to Handle Guantanamo Cases

5/20/2010 -

Liberty and Security Committee Statement Opposing the Terrorist Expatriation Act

4/5/2010 -

Coalition Statement Calling for Transparency in Creation of Military Commissions Manual

4/1/2010 -

Disrupting the Pathway from Foster Care to the Justice System by Miriam Krinsky, member of the Project's Sentencing Committee, published in Family Court Review

12/2/2009 -

Recommendations for Reforming our Immigration Detention System and Promoting Access to Counsel in Immigration Proceedings

11/30/2009 -

An Open Letter to the Illinois Congressional Delegation and to Illinois Public Officials

11/23/2009 -

List of Signatories to the Declaration

11/17/2009 -

Reforming the Material Support Laws: Constitutional Concerns Presented by Prohibitions on Material Support to "Terrorist Organizations"

11/16/2009 -

Statement from Conservatives on Using U.S. Prisons to Hold Guantanamo Detainees

11/4/2009 -

Beyond Guantanamo: A Bipartisan Declaration

9/22/2009 -

The Constitution Project's Liberty and Security Committee's Statement on Reforming the Patriot Act

7/16/2009 -

Reining in Excessive Secrecy: Recommendations for Reform of the Classification and Controlled Unclassified Information Systems

7/16/2009 -

When Congress Comes Calling: A Primer on the Principles, Practices, and Pragmatics of Legislative Inquiry

5/29/2009 -

Statement Calling For Release Of The Uighurs Into The United States

4/14/2009 -

Justice Denied: America’s Continuing Neglect of our Constitutional Right to Counsel

4/1/2009 -

Constitution Project Staff Document in Support of Board Statement

3/11/2009 -

A Critique of the National Security Courts [updated to include additional endorsements from former federal judges and prosecutors and additional signers]

3/2/2009 -

Constitution Project Board Issues Statement, Troubling Obama Administration Positions

2/19/2009 -

Accountability Statement on Commission Relating to Detention, Treatment, and Transfer of Detainees

1/14/2009 -

Statement Calling on the Incoming Obama Administration “To Restore, Protect and Expand Human Rights"

12/18/2008 -

A Critique of the National Security Courts [updated to include additional endorsements from former federal judges and prosecutors]

11/20/2008 -

Statement Calling for the Release of the Uighurs

11/18/2008 -

Liberty and Security: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress

11/17/2008 -

The Use and Abuse of Immigration Authority as a Counterterrorism Tool

11/6/2008 -

Smart on Crime: Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress

6/27/2008 -

A Critique of the National Security Courts

10/5/2007 -

Statement on the Protect America Act of 2007

7/25/2007 -

Statement on the National Security Agency's Domestic Surveillance

5/31/2007 -

Reforming the State Secrets Privilege

3/6/2007 -

Promoting Accuracy and Fairness in the Use of Government Watch Lists

3/4/2007 -

Liberty and Security Committee Statement on Restoring Habeas Corpus Rights Eliminated by the Military Commissions Act

2/26/2007 -

Statement on Presidential Signing Statements

9/29/2006 -

Guidelines for Public Video Surveillance: A Guide to Protecting Communities and Preserving Civil Liberties and Model Video Surveillance Legislation

9/28/2006 -

The Constitution Project Releases: The Cost of Justice: Budgetary Threats to America’s Courts Today

9/28/2006 -

The Cost of Justice: Budgetary Threats to America’s Courts Today

9/25/2006 -

Committee Member Richard Epstein submitted a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to provisions in pending detainee legislation

7/11/2006 -

The Constitution Project's Sentencing Committee Issues Specific Recommendations for Improving Federal Sentencing

7/11/2006 -

Recommendations for Federal Criminal Sentencing in a Post-Booker World

6/13/2006 -

Newsroom Guide to Judicial Independence Updated 2006

5/9/2006 -

Constitution Project's Courts Committee Releases Ten Principles for Preserving Courts' Role in American Democracy

5/9/2006 -

Ten Principles for Preserving Courts' Role in American Democracy

2/6/2006 -

Justice Held Hostage: Politics and Selecting Federal Judges Updated 2006

2/1/2006 -

Mandatory Justice: The Death Penalty Revisited

1/12/2006 -

Constitution Project Statement on Roger Coleman's DNA Test

12/21/2005 -

Liberty and Security Committee Statement on the NSA Domestic Spying Program

11/22/2005 -

Constitution Project Statement on Padilla Indictment

7/7/2005 -

Principles for the Design and Reform of Sentencing Systems

6/25/2005 -

Deciding to Use Force Abroad: War Powers in a System of Checks and Balances

5/25/2005 -

Statement Calling for a Commission to Investigate Prisoner Abuse

2/20/2005 -

Independent Courts Toolbox

6/2/2004 -

Report on Post-9/11 Detentions

3/19/2004 -

Transcript of Panel Discussion: The Federal Marriage Amendment: When Should the Constitution Be Amended

9/16/2003 -

State Wiretaps and Electronic Surveillance After September 11 Appendix B

9/16/2003 -

State Wiretaps and Electronic Surveillance After September 11 Appendix A

9/16/2003 -

State Wiretaps and Electronic Surveillance After September 11

3/13/2003 -

The Creation of the United States Northern Command: An Interim Report

9/18/2002 -

Recommendations for the Use of Military Commissions

7/16/2001 -

Mandatory Justice: Eighteen Reforms to the Death Penalty

3/7/2000 -

Uncertain Justice: Politics and America's Courts [Full Report]

3/7/2000 -

Principles for the Design and Reform Of Sentencing Systems: A Background Report

2/20/2000 -

The Higher Ground: Standards of Conduct for Judicial Candidates

5/13/1999 -

Great and Extraordinary Occasions: Developing Guidelines for Constitutional Change

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