CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND THE ELECTION OF 2004 focus is primarily on key criminal justice issues that either influenced the election or will be affected by the outcome of the election. The primary issues covered are election regulations and fraud, the PATRIOT Act, military tribunals, Abu Ghraib, and recent Supreme Court decisions on the access of detainees to the American legal system. Key cases, such as Bush v. Gore, U.S. v. Nixon, Humanitarian Law Project v. Ashcroft, and Hamdi v.

Rumsfield are briefed and also discussed in a manner that is accessible to all levels of students.