Michael Ratner is an attorney, adjunct professor of law at Columbia University Law School, and president of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), a non-profit human rights litigation organization based in New York, New York. He was co-counsel in representing the Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States Supreme Court, where his clients won a major victory in June, 2004 that gave them the right to test the legality of their detentions. Ratner is also a past president of the National Lawyers Guild and the author of numerous books and articles, including the books Against War with Iraq and Guantanamo: What the World Should Know, and a textbook on international human rights. Ratner is also the co-host of the radio program [Law and Disorder]. He and three other progressive lawyers provide Pacifica listeners with up-to-date information on the fight for civil liberties, civil rights and human rights. Ratner was born in Cleveland,Ohio in 1943 and is the brother of radio talk show host and Fox News contributor Ellen Ratner.