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Jihadology Podcast: Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: Then & Now
C. Christine Fair comes on the show to talk about Islamism in Bangladesh. Some of the topics covered include: History of Islamism in Bangladesh and its intersection with mainstream politics The role ... -
"Chronic and Severe Mental and Physical Conditions" Aside, Shaker Aamer Looks Pretty Good
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How the ICC Could Alter the Security Council's Palestine Role
New Zealand, an elected member of the UN Security Council, attempted recently to prod the Council into action in the Middle East. As violence in East Jerusalem and the West Bank has spiked, the Council h... -
Klayman Update: DC Circuit Stays Judge Leon's Ruling
Here's a brief update on my piece yesterday on the Klayman litigation. The government yesterday, as promised, moved in the D.C. Circuit for a stay of Judge Leon's ruling. -
Zivotofsky II as Precedent in the Executive Branch
The November issue of the Harvard Law Review is out, with the Foreword by David Strauss, essays by Abbe Gluck on King v. Burwell and Kenji Yoshino on Obergefell v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Meeting for the first time in thirteen months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Barack Obama sought to put aside their differences of the specifics of the Iran nuclear deal, choosi... -
Law Wars: My Review of Savage's "Power Wars"
"Law Wars" is the name that the editors of the New Rambler gave to my review of Charlie Savage's great new book, Power Wars. My review begins: -
The Eleventh Hour Litigation Over Section 215
You might have thought the judicial wrangling over the Section 215 program would end now that Congress had passed the USA Freedom Act winding down the program and replacing it—particularly now that the n... -
Interpreting Egypt’s Pretrial Detention Laws
The other day, military prosecutors in Egypt opened an investigation into Hossam Bahgat, founder and previous director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights and a (quite effective) investigative... -
Not Especially "Edgy" and Not a "Secret New Power"
The foreign-to-foreign communications exemption to FISA is not especially "edgy" and not especially "secret." -
Former CIA Detainees Sue CIA Contractors Under The Alien Tort Statute For Alleged Torture
Last month, the ACLU filed a civil action in the Eastern District of Washington on behalf of Suleiman Abdullah Salim, Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud and Gul Rahman. They assert that the CIA secretly detained th... -
35 Lawmakers Pen Bipartisan Letter Calling for ISIS AUMF
On Friday, a bipartisan group of House lawmakers sent Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) a letter calling for him to schedule a vote on a new Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against the Islamic ...
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