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Remarks by David Abramowitz

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

David Abramowitz*
Affiliation:
Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives

Abstract

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Type
The United States and International Law During the Obama Administration: Executive and Legislative Perspectives
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2009

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References

1 H.R. 104, IIIth Congress § 1 (1st Sess. 2009), available at <http://thomas.loc.gov>.

2 Getting to the Truth through a Nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on the Judiciary, 111th Cong. (2009) (statement of Senator Leahy), available at <http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=3686&wit_id=2629>.

3 This issue broke into open controversy during the week of April 21, 2009, shortly after the release of certain memoranda authored by the Department of Justice relating to treatment of detainees in U.S. custody. See, e.g., David M. Herszenhorn & Carl Hülse, Obama Resisting Push for Interrogation Panel, N.Y. Times, Apr. 24, 2009, at Al; David M. Herszenhorn , Lawmakers Push Interrogation Inquiries, N.Y. Times, Apr. 25, 2009, at All.

4 See, e.g., Climate Change and the Arctic: New Frontiers of National Security: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Foreign Affairs, 111th Cong. (2009), available at <http://www.foreignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp?showdate= 3/25/2009&adj=3/27/2009> (statements only).

5 See The Role for Congress and the President in War: The Recommendations of the National War Powers Commission: Hearing Before the H. Comm. on Foreign Relations, 111th Cong. (2009), available at <http://www.fore-ignaffairs.house.gov/schedule.asp?showdate=3/5/2009&adj=3/27/2009> (statements only).

6 See H.R. 557, 111th Cong. (1st Sess. 2009), available at <http://thomas.loc.gov>. Former U.S. Senator; Distinguished Professor, Georgetown University.