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-	The idea that individuals can be imprisoned indefinitely	0:00
	without counsel and meaningful hearings is inimical	0:04
	to the idea of the rule of law.	0:07
	I think that the Supreme Court here was saying	0:09
	that some law has to apply to those in Guantanamo.	0:12
	To me, one of the aspects	0:15
	of the Bush administration position	0:17
	that's most repugnant was	0:19
	that there was a group people in a place	0:21
	where no law could apply.	0:24
	Their position was the Geneva Courts didn't apply	0:26
	to these individuals,	0:28
	and that United States Constitutional Statute of Law	0:29
	didn't apply to these people,	0:31
	so the government could do whatever it wanted.	0:32
	I'm not naive in my praise of the Constitution,	0:35
	but overall it's worked well.	0:37
	And I think it can work very well here.	0:40
	I don't think we need to have trials in military tribunals,	0:43
	we can use Article III courts.	0:46
	I don't think we need to hold people without due process.	0:47
	We can trust due process to come to the right result.	0:50
	And the idea that now, for eight years,	0:53
	individuals have been held	0:57
	without due process and the Constitution	0:59
	is disappointing beyond words.	1:02

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Title:

Chemerinsky, Erwin - short clip - RuleofLaw

Date:

March 10, 2010

Interviewer:

Honigsberg, Peter Jan

Interviewee:

Chemerinsky, Erwin

Role:

Detainee Attorney

Description:

This interview may include descriptions of violence.
Detainee Attorney
Erwin Chemerinsky, male, age 56, is the founding Dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Law, and a top expert in constitutional law. He is the author of seven books and over 200 law review articles.
Description was provided by Witness to Guantanamo.

Subject:

United States

Format:

oral histories

Language:

English

Extent:

1:02:12

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Witness to Guantanamo

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Witness to Guantanamo Video Collection, 2009-2017

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