The government's opposition to cert in Latif is now public. The government argues that "The decision of the Court of Appeals is correct and does not conflict with any decision of this Court or any other ...

In his book Takeover, Charlie Savage analyzed a draft speech by Richard Cheney for a 1989 Conference at AEI that Cheney never delivered because he was nominated to be Secretary of Defense.  Charlie has n...

Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins is, at this hour, giving a speech for Law Day at the National Security Agency. Here's the prepared text, which includes a reference to a paper of mine--...

The D.C. Circuit has released a less-redacted version of its Latif opinion. I haven't read it yet, but the D.C. Circuit Review web site has and notes that the new version offers significantly more inform...

The D.C. Circuit Court has affirmed the judgment of the District Court in Alsabri v. Obama.

The Supreme Court just released -- only seven weeks after oral argument -- its decision in Mohamad v.

Today the Supreme Court issued cert. determinations in two of the several Guantanamo-related petitions that have been filed this term.  The Court denied both petitions, declining to hear either Abdah v.

I hope you aren't too sick of reading about Abd Al-Rahim Hussein Muhammad Abdu Al Nashiri, 'cuz there's more. No, this isn't from his military commission case.

Professor Gabriella Blum of Harvard Law School gave a fascinating lecture on Tuesday entitled "The Fog of Victory" on the occasion of her appointment as the Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and H...

The Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) reports that Gen. John R.

Yesterday we mentioned that a suit had been filed in the Southern District of New York by a number of commentators and public figures, arguing that the NDAA's detention provisions will apply to them in t...