Shame and torture

Michael Froomkin is "thoroughly depressed by recent events to post anything about the capitulation of the power centers of the Senate to the administration's program of lawlessness, torture, with the undermining of one of the great success stories of international legality thrown in for garnish.

Fortunately, others are made of sterner stuff.

Marty Lederman, The Torture Chorus

Marty Lederman, Senators Snatch Defeat From Jaws of Victory: U.S. to be First Nation to Authorize Violations of Geneva

Marty Lederman, Three of the Most Significant Problems with the "Compromise"

Stanford Levinson, Legal Realism 101 and the McCain Capitulation

The Carpetbagger Report, McCain, Warner, and Graham cut and ran"