Expert:
Dr. Kermit Roosevelt
Professor of Law
University of Pennsylvania

Credentials:
• Researches and teaches constitutional law and conflict of laws

Quote:
“The United States signed treaties declaring torture a crime and committing ourselves to investigate it. Congress specifically prohibited it in federal law. If we do not investigate abuse allegations against suspected terrorists, we’re saying that people in power can break the law with impunity; we’re saying that we have no commitment to enforcing the law when there may be political costs.”

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40th Anniversary of “Sesame Street”

2010 U.S. Census

Philadelphia Transit Strike

Catholic Diocese of Wilmington Bankruptcy

Youth Violence: Chicago and Nationwide

Same-Sex Marriage in Washington, D.C.

Parenting

60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China

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