Commentaries
John Burton talking to a Community College class. Photo: Jeff Riedel
John Burton has published many commentaries on legal and social topics. A selection is referenced below:
Civil Rights Litigation and Attorney Fees Annual Handbook, by National Police Accountability Project, etc.
Los Angeles Daily Journal
- 'Bush v. Gore' Harks Back to Dark Ages of Jurisprudence
- Tortured Logic: Scalia's Remarks at Odds With Constitution
- First Amendment Guarantees Freedom From Religion, Not Just Freedom of Religion
- Court's Rulings on Sovereign Immunity Leave Little Reason for Celebration
- Bush's Police-State Tactics After Sept. 11 Alienate ABA
World Socialist Web Site
- The Hamdan Dissents: US Supreme Court Justices Argue for Presidential dictatorship
- Federal judge strikes down US military “don’t ask, don’t tell” law
- US Supreme Court Opens 2010 Pro-Coroporate Agenda
- Supreme Court rules against Bush administration’s military commissions
- Government probe of Pasadena church: a witch-hunt against Iraq war critics
- Padilla v. Yoo: Obama administration backs appeal of Bush torture memo author
- Supreme Court limits right of union workers to sue for discrimination
- The US Supreme Court’s “no-knock” decision: a frontal assault on democratic rights
- University of California, Irvine hires constitutional scholar
- US appellate court rejects British victims’ suit for Guantánamo torture damages
- US judge rules Guantánamo military tribunal can proceed
- US Supreme court issues more anti-democratic rulings
- US Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to retire in June
- US Supreme Court rules school districts cannot consider race in integration plans
- US Supreme Court undermines constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
- US Supreme Court upholds habeas corpus for Guantánamo Bay prisoners
- US Supreme Court weakens "Miranda" rights of criminal suspects