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Gabe
Rottman

Gabe Rottman is a legislative counsel/policy advisor in the ACLU’s Washington Legislative Office, focusing on the First Amendment. Gabe served as an attorney in private practice before coming back to the ACLU. Prior to law school, Gabe worked in the WLO as a senior writer and communications specialist. Gabe has a J.D. magna cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was a notes editor of the Georgetown Law Journal, and a B.A. from McGill University in political science and history, where he was on the dean’s honors list.

09/05/2007

FISA Needs Following, Not Modernizing

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 5:07pm
It's not always easy crystallizing the civil liberties message to a broad audience. I mean, let's face it, there's a big leap between selling SUVs and the Fourth Amendment.

But in the lead-up to Congress' return and today's House Judiciary Committee hearing on FISA, own version of the glitzy, high-def car commercial is kicking up some Capitol dust.

In the ads, Read More»
09/02/2007
Detention

Absolute Must Read

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:41pm
Linda Greenhouse virtuosity: a great synopsis of the habeas restoration landscape as we wait with baited breath for Congress to come back from their August recess (no pun intended). Key grafs, buried at the end of the story:
The recently filed briefs argue strenuously that the
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09/02/2007
Detention

Dropeth the Other Shoe?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 2:39pm
08/31/2007
Detention

Why Worry?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 6:42am
08/30/2007
Detention

The Politicization Pitfall

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 5:26pm
08/30/2007
Detention

A Reprimand

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 5:24pm
08/29/2007
Detention

A Green Wall of Silence?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:17pm
08/29/2007
Detention

Say It Again, Brother!

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 7:00am
08/29/2007
Detention

More Possibles for AG

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 6:30am
08/28/2007
Detention

Guessing Game

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:05am
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