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Guantanamo Detainee Files Supplemental Memorandum on the End of the War in Afghanistan
On June 5, 2015, in connection with recent motions practice, attorneys for habeas petitioner Mukhtar Yahia Naji al Warafi filed a supplemental memorandum with the U.S. District Court for the District of ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to the Pentagon, Iraqi security forces have demonstrated progress in their efforts to maintain control of the oil refinery outside the northern Iraqi city of Baiji. The Wall Street Journal repo... -
Congress and the IANA Transition—A Bipartisan Agreement
The United States is in the midst of a transition that will, when completed, give up its contractual control of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). That authority is currently conducted by t... -
Zivotofsky’s Vindication (and the New York Times’ approval) of Signing Statements
It was a little dizzying this morning to read the NYT editorial board's full-throated endorsement of the Court’s decision in Zivotofsky. -
More Mischief than Guidance: What Zivotofsky Says About the Supreme Court
Last year the Supreme Court, seized with a big constitutional question about foreign relations, feinted: Bond v. United States turned on rules of statutory interpretation rather than the constitutional b... -
What the Latest Snowden Documents Actually Say
A kerfuffle broke out here at Lawfare last week over the significance of the new tranche of Snowden-procured documents released on Thursday. -
Jihadology Podcast Ep 1 w/ Jessica Lewis McFate (June 8, 2015)
Welcome to the first episode of the Jihadolgy podcast! The first part of this episode covers primary sources released between May 10th - June 1st: -
Summary of the Court’s Opinion This Morning in Zivotofsky v. Kerry
In his famous Youngstown concurrence, Justice Jackson began by reflecting that: -
Military Detention of Captured ISIL Members: Umm Sayyaf as Prototype?
In a special operations raid last month targeting a key ISIL figure in Syria, U.S. forces came away with that rarest of things: a prisoner. Abu Sayyaf's wife, Umm Sayyaf, was taken into custody during t... -
The South China Sea Dispute: A Brief History
A small outcropping of sand occasionally breaks the vast expanse of the South China Sea. These islands are modest, even diminutive, but they form the core of a fierce territorial dispute among six primar... -
Why Zivotofsky Is a Significant Victory for the Executive Branch
The Supreme Court in Zivotofksy held that the President can disregard a statute that requires him to designate “Israel” on passports of U.S. citizens born in Jerusalem because the statute (Section 214 of... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was dealt a historic blow in yesterday’s Turkish parliamentary elections. Erdogan had hoped to solidify his overwhelming parliamentary elections and pass constitutional ref...
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