Jameel Jaffer and attorneys'

د/ إلهام · 06-27-2014, 04:50 PM

Jameel jaffer and attorneys'

Jameel jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney who is deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is particularly notable for the role he played in litigating Freedom of Information Act requests that led to the U.S. government's release of over one hundred thousand pages of documents related to the torture of prisoners held by the U.S. at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Among the documents released through that litigation were interrogation directives signed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, emails written by FBI agents who witnessed the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, legal memos in which the Office of Legal Counsel stated that U.S. law did not prohibit the President from authorizing torture, and autopsy reports relating to prisoners who were killed in U.S. custody.

Education
Jaffer grew up in Canada, and is a graduate of Upper Canada College, an exclusive private school in Toronto. His university education was at Williams College, Cambridge University, and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the law review. After law school, jaffer was a law clerk to the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada

Legal career
Jaffer is currently the Director of the ACLU's Center for Democracy.

In 2004, jaffer litigated the first successful constitutional challenge to the USA Patriot Act, obtaining a federal court ruling that invalidated the "national security letter" provision. After Congress amended the law, the federal district court invalidated the provision again in 2007

In 2006, jaffer filed a case challenging the Bush administration's refusal to issue a visa to Tariq Ramadan, a well-known Islamic thinker.The case was brought on behalf of the American Association of Religion, the American Association of University Professors, and PEN American Center. A federal appeals court sided with jaffer and his clients in 2009, finding that the exclusion of Professor Ramadan was unconstitutional. After that ruling, the Obama administration reversed the exclusion of Dr. Ramadan and issued him a visa.

Community Events
Jaffer was invited to celebrate Ramadan at the White House in 2009.

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محمدعبد العال · 06-27-2014, 09:01 PM

شكرا سندريلا
علي المعلومات المهمة
جزاك الله خيرا
و وسع في رزقك
و بارك فيك
لك خالص التحية

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06-27-2014, 04:50 PM	#1
د/ إلهام ♣ صاحبة همس المصريين ♣ تاريخ التسجيل: Wed Jun 2011 المشاركات: 34,756 معدل تقييم المستوى: 20 اوسمتي مجموع الاوسمة: 1	Jameel Jaffer and attorneys' Jameel Jaffer and attorneys' Jameel jaffer and attorneys' Jameel jaffer is a human rights and civil liberties attorney who is deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. He is particularly notable for the role he played in litigating Freedom of Information Act requests that led to the U.S. government's release of over one hundred thousand pages of documents related to the torture of prisoners held by the U.S. at Guantanamo and elsewhere. Among the documents released through that litigation were interrogation directives signed by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, emails written by FBI agents who witnessed the torture of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, legal memos in which the Office of Legal Counsel stated that U.S. law did not prohibit the President from authorizing torture, and autopsy reports relating to prisoners who were killed in U.S. custody. Education Jaffer grew up in Canada, and is a graduate of Upper Canada College, an exclusive private school in Toronto. His university education was at Williams College, Cambridge University, and Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the law review. After law school, jaffer was a law clerk to the Rt. Hon. Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada Legal career Jaffer is currently the Director of the ACLU's Center for Democracy. In 2004, jaffer litigated the first successful constitutional challenge to the USA Patriot Act, obtaining a federal court ruling that invalidated the "national security letter" provision. After Congress amended the law, the federal district court invalidated the provision again in 2007 In 2006, jaffer filed a case challenging the Bush administration's refusal to issue a visa to Tariq Ramadan, a well-known Islamic thinker.The case was brought on behalf of the American Association of Religion, the American Association of University Professors, and PEN American Center. A federal appeals court sided with jaffer and his clients in 2009, finding that the exclusion of Professor Ramadan was unconstitutional. After that ruling, the Obama administration reversed the exclusion of Dr. Ramadan and issued him a visa. Community Events Jaffer was invited to celebrate Ramadan at the White House in 2009. المواضيع المتشابهه: Ted Stevens and attorneys Max Gruenberg and attorneys' Joe Miller and attorneys Ron Kuby and attorneys' J.L. Chestnut and attorneys' المصدر: منتديات همس المصريين - من قسم: Lawyers and attorneys Jameel Jaffer and attorneys' jaffer Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

06-27-2014, 09:01 PM	#2
محمدعبد العال \|\| المدير الأول لهمس \|\| تاريخ التسجيل: Thu Dec 2011 المشاركات: 43,746 معدل تقييم المستوى: 64 اوسمتي مجموع الاوسمة: 5	رد: Jameel Jaffer and attorneys' شكرا سندريلا علي المعلومات المهمة جزاك الله خيرا و وسع في رزقك و بارك فيك لك خالص التحية Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter __________________

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