Difference between revisions of "Jack Balkin, "A Body of Inquiries""
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GC: We should have a truth commission and institutional reforms rather than a criminal investigation of high ranking Bush administration officials who might have approved torture policies and illegal treatment of detainees. | GC: We should have a truth commission and institutional reforms rather than a criminal investigation of high ranking Bush administration officials who might have approved torture policies and illegal treatment of detainees. | ||
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:IC: We should have a truth commission to document abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials. | :IC: We should have a truth commission to document abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials. | ||
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:P2: Truth commissions would counteract the tendency toward secret laws. | :P2: Truth commissions would counteract the tendency toward secret laws. | ||
:P3: Truth commissions would create a public record of the misconduct. | :P3: Truth commissions would create a public record of the misconduct. | ||
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:IC: The South African model for truth and reconciliation is not the right one for us. | :IC: The South African model for truth and reconciliation is not the right one for us. | ||
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:IC: We should not pursue criminal prosecution of abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials. | :IC: We should not pursue criminal prosecution of abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials. | ||
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:IIC: The barriers to prosecution are too great. | :IIC: The barriers to prosecution are too great. | ||
:P1: Bush officials used the Justice Department's legal advice so they might be able to claim immunity. | :P1: Bush officials used the Justice Department's legal advice so they might be able to claim immunity. | ||
:P2: Bush officials might be able to claim immunity from the Military Commissions Act of 2006. | :P2: Bush officials might be able to claim immunity from the Military Commissions Act of 2006. | ||
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:IC: We should reform the Justice Department and military rules and policies related to torture and immunity. | :IC: We should reform the Justice Department and military rules and policies related to torture and immunity. | ||
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Jack Balkin, "A Body of Inquiries"
GC: We should have a truth commission and institutional reforms rather than a criminal investigation of high ranking Bush administration officials who might have approved torture policies and illegal treatment of detainees.
- IC: We should have a truth commission to document abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials.
- P1: Truth commissions would show our committment to human rights.
- P2: Truth commissions would counteract the tendency toward secret laws.
- P3: Truth commissions would create a public record of the misconduct.
- IC: The South African model for truth and reconciliation is not the right one for us.
- P1: South Africa's experience of apartheid involved human right violations against the population and needed to reconcile tensions between groups and among individuals.
- P2: Our experience with the torture cases does not involve these features.
- IC: We should not pursue criminal prosecution of abuses of power by high ranking Bush administration officials.
- IIC: The barriers to prosecution are too great.
- P1: Bush officials used the Justice Department's legal advice so they might be able to claim immunity.
- P2: Bush officials might be able to claim immunity from the Military Commissions Act of 2006.
- IC: We should reform the Justice Department and military rules and policies related to torture and immunity.
