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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.

07/04/2007
Detention

Yes!

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:56am
07/04/2007
Detention

Judge Misleads Senators on Detainees?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:46am
So sayeth Sens. Durbin, D-Il., and Leahy, D-Vt. From Mr. Lewis at the Times. Durbin's question came during Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. I foresee more on this in the days to come.
Mr. Durbin asked Judge Kavanaugh about his role in screening the nomination t
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07/03/2007
Detention

Changes At SOCOM?

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 8:34am
Profile on Adm. James Stavridis, head of the military's regional Southern Command, which includes Gitmo in its ambit. The story is more focused on his approach in Latin America, but it also makes this point:
The smart power approach is more than just one admiral leading a small command wit
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07/03/2007
Detention

Morning Must Read

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 8:16am
Legislation to close Gitmo wouldn't necessarily fix the problem. From the principal director of the Pentagon Office of Detainee Affairs:
While acknowledging that the Guantánamo detention center had tainted the nation’s reputation, he also warned that simply closing it and moving the
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07/02/2007
Detention

Brownback Refuses to Reinstate Khadr Charges

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 11:30pm
From CNN:
Last month, Brownback said new congressional rules on trying detainees specify that a detainee must be designated an "unlawful enemy combatant." Pentagon officials would not release Brownback's most recent decision, but said he ruled the prosecution had presented no new evidence or arguments to change his mind.
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07/02/2007
Detention

Carrying the President's Water

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 5:20pm
Two partners at Baker Hostetler in DC critique the Al-Marri decision, which I wrote about at some length here. It's an interesting op-ed, one with which I disagree strongly, but there are a
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06/29/2007
Detention

So, I Wake Up Late...

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:28pm
And this is what I get. Like, the biggest news in 9/11 detention jurisprudence since, well, I dunno, maybe Hamdan and Rasul. Hell, maybe since the opening of Gitmo itself.
Rejecting Bush administration arguments, the Supreme Court reversed cours
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06/29/2007
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Romero Letter in Times

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 12:26pm
In response to the Gitmo white wash op-ed yesterday. Here's Anthony's letter:
Colonel Davis finds fault with critics who compare Guantánamo to totalitarian gulags, and responds by extolling the prison’s culturally appropriate
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06/28/2007
Detention

Whoa

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 9:20pm
Bruce Fein, conservative constitutional scholar, slams Vice President Cheney. Late post on my part.
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06/28/2007
Detention

Romero & Melber on HuffPo

By Gabe Rottman, Legislative Counsel, ACLU Washington Legislative Office at 6:47pm
Both posting on the Day of Action. Here's ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero & habeas watcher and Nation columnist Ari Melber.
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