Posted by Orin Kerr:
PatriotDebates.com:
Congress will be considering the sunsetting provisions of the USA
Patriot Act later this year. In anticipation of the coming debate, the
[1]Standing Committee on Law and National Security of the [2]American
Bar Association has assembled a group of experts in this area to
debate the merits of key sections of the Patriot Act (as well as other
issues beyond the Patriot Act such as rules for detaining enemy
combatants).
The essays are all going to be posted at [3]www.patriotdebates.com,
although only some of the essays have been posted at this time. They
also will be assembled into a book available for purchase directly
from the ABA. Stewart Baker, chair of the Standing Committtee,
describes the goal of [4]Patriot Debates as presenting "a series of
'dueling essays' on all of the most controversial issues relating to
USA PATRIOT Act, written by some of the finest legal thinkers on these
topics." The [5]list of participants includes Viet Dinh, Patricia
Wald, John Yoo, David Cole, and many others (including me). A bunch of
the essays are already up on the current site, with more to come. My
own essay on sections 209, 212, and 220 is available [6]here.
The Top Secret Guide to Being A Volokh Conspirator recommends (see
page 283, footnote 97) writing a bunch of posts over the next few
weeks urging you to buy the ABA book. But I don't know why you would
want to buy the book: all of the essays will be available online first
at [7]www.patriotdebates.com.
References
1. http://www.abanet.org/natsecurity/about.html
2. http://www.abanet.org/home.cfm
3. http://www.patriotdebates.com/
4. http://www.patriotdebates.com/
5. http://www.patriotdebates.com/bios
6. http://www.patriotdebates.com/209-212-and-220-2#rebuttal
7. http://www.patriotdebates.com/
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