- While serving as an associate at Shearman & Sterling in Washington, D.C., Professor Goldstein became one of the first civilian lawyers allowed into the Guantanamo Bay prison, in conjunction with his representation of several families of Kuwaiti detainees. After resistance from the U.S. Government, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case , Rasul v. Bush, . Professor Goldstein’s involvement with the Guantanamo cases included drafting district, appellate and Supreme Court briefs on behalf of the detainees. He continues his work with the detainees through his scholarship at RWU, and is a national expert on the applicability of habeas corpus to the Guantanamo Bay detainees. He has published numerous articles on the topic and penned an Op-ed reprinted…, magna cum laude, )., Books, Real Americans: The Problem of Constitutional Nationalism, (Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas, 2021), Articles, ", The Klan's Constitution," 9, Alabama Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Law Review, 285 (2018), ", Unfit for the Constitution: Nativism and the Constitution, from the Founding Fathers to Donald Trump," 20, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law, 489 (2018), ", How the Constitution Became Christian," 68, Hastings Law Journal, 259 (2017), ", The American Liberty League and the Rise of Constitutional Nationalism," 86, Temple Law Review, 287 (2014), ", The Tea Party Movement and the Perils of Popular Originalism," 53, Arizona Law Review, 827 (2011) "Can Popular Constitutionalism Survive the Tea Party Movement?,", , 105, Northwestern University Law Review Colloquy, 288 (2011), ", Equitable Balancing in the Age of Statutes,, ", 96, Virginia Law Review, 485 (2010), ", Aliens in the Garden,, ", 80 , University of Colorado Law Review, 685 (2009), ", Habeas Without Rights,, ", , 2007 , Wisconsin Law Review, 1165, ", Is There a “Religious Question” Doctrine? Judicial Authority to Examine Religious Beliefs and Practices,, ", , 54 , Catholic University Law Review, 487 (2005)Type: Faculty & Staff Profile
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- The Law Library’s staff has prepared guides to the major study aids in the library’s collection. The guides are by subject area and keyed to the curriculum. Study Aids The guides for first year courses are: Civil Procedure Contracts Criminal Law Property Torts The guides for second and third year courses are: Administrative Law Business Organizations Conflict of Laws Constitutional Law Criminal…Type: Basic Page