Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
by Brent Wisner “The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men.” (Marbury v. Madison 1803) With these words, Chief Justice Marshall established the power of Judicial Review, and with it an ironic byproduct—a government of laws, interpreted by men. The Supreme Court, while nonpolitical in […]
by Alexander Metelitsa On January 22, 2009, President Obama signed executive orders to shut down the Guantanámo Bay terrorist detention center within a year. Soon after, he established the Guantanámo Detainee Review Interagency Task Force to determine which Guantanamo captives can be prosecuted in the U.S. justice system, which can be released, and whether any captives […]