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Document: Doe v. Mattis Memorandum in Opposition to Motion
The U.S. government has filed its response in John Doe and ACLU v. Mattis in response to the habeas filing we posted last week. You can read the full document here: -
Document: U.S. Citizen Detained as Enemy Combatant Requests ACLU Representation in Habeas Proceeding
The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation filed a brief in D.C. federal district court saying the U.S. citizen that the Defense Department is holding in military detention wants the ACLU to represent... -
Document: Manafort Sues Justice Department, Says Mueller Appointment Order Exceeds DOJ Regulations
On Wednesday, Paul Manafort filed a complaint against the Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief on t... -
Document: District Court Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued the following Memorandum Opinion in ACLU v. Mattis that, among other things, denies the Defense Department's motion to d... -
Congress Buys Itself Another Three Weeks on Section 702
On Dec. 21, the House and Senate voted 238-188 and 66-32, respectively, to pass a concurring resolution extending government funding until Jan. 19, 2018. One provision of that bill extended the FISA Amen... -
Foreign Relations Law Casebook Supplement
The new Supplement for Curtis A. Bradley and Jack Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (6th ed. 2017), is now available. -
Document: December 2017 National Security Strategy and Transcript of Remarks
The White House released the following National Security Strategy document on Monday, Dec. 18. -
Document: Independent Assessment of British Counterterrorism Intelligence
The following is an independent assessment by British barrister David Anderson of nine internal reviews of British intelligence in connection with four terrorist attacks in the spring and summer of 2017. -
Document: Akayed Ullah Complaint
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York has charged Akayed Ullah, the suspect in Monday's attempted suicide attack in New York, on five counts. They are: -
Document: FY 18 NDAA President Signing Statement
President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2018. Read the conference report here and Lawfare's previous coverage highlighting parts of the bill here. The pre... -
Document: White House Dec. 11 War Powers Report
The White House Press Office has released the following letter, dated Dec. 11, 2017, informing Congress of current military operations consistent with the 2001 and 2002 authorizations for the use of mili... -
Document: New Military Commission Charges in 2002 Bali Bombings
The chief prosecutor of the Guantanamo Bay military commissions, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, has brought new charges against Riduan bin Isomuddin (also known as Hambali), an al-Qaida affiliate alleged ...
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