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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today’s post is shorter than usual. Our normal Headlines and Commentary coverage will return Monday. The Justice Department inspector general referred Andrew McCabe’s case to federal prosecutors for ... -
R.I.P. Congressional War Power
President Donald Trump has ordered significant military strikes against assets of the Assad regime in Syria. -
Document: Judge Chutkan Enjoins John Doe's Transfer
Judge Tanya Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the transfer of John Doe, an American citizen held in U.S. military custody in Ir... -
Get Yer Comey Memos Here
Earlier today, the Justice Department provided copies of ex-FBI Director James Comey's memos of his conversations with President Trump to the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee, t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
South Korean President Moon Jae In announced Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will no longer demand the removal of American troops from the Korean peninsula as a prerequisite for denucleariz... -
The Psychiatrist’s Goldwater Rule in the Trump Era
PDF Version A review of Bandy X. Lee’s “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess a President,” (Thomas Dunne, 2017). *** -
A Fast Track to Nowhere: ‘Expedited Procedures’ and the New AUMF Proposal
On Monday evening, a bipartisan coalition of senators led by Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R.-Tenn.) and Sen. -
Yes, There Are Plausible Legal Rationales for the Syria Strikes
My friends Jack Goldsmith and Oona Hathaway published two essays in which they expertly propound what I must concede is probably the opinion of many if not most scholars: that the recent strikes on Syria... -
Summary: Briefs on al-Qahtani’s Motion to Compel
Thursday morning, Judge Rosemary Collyer of the D.C. federal district court will hear argument on whether the government may be compelled to examine Guantanamo Bay detainee and alleged 9/11 conspirator M... -
The National Security Law Podcast: The Corker-Kaine AUMF
Well, we’re back again this week. Why? 2018, that’s why! Seriously, lot’s to discuss: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump confirmed Wednesday that CIA director Mike Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as part of the administration’s effort to plan a summit involving direct talks between Kim and T... -
Document: ACLU's Response to Government's Notice of Intention to Transfer John Doe
On Tuesday, April 17, the Justice Department filed a notice alerting the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia of the government's intention to transfer John Doe, an American citizen held in U...
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