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White House Letter to Congress on Iraq Deployment
President Obama yesterday sent the letter to the Speaker of the House, and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Its text reads as follows: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I reported o... -
Report of the Stimson Center Task Force on Drone Policy
The Stimson Center released today the report of its Task Force on US Drone Policy. The ten-member task force, of which I was a member, was chaired by General John Abizaid and Rosa Brooks. The report m... -
Why Imminence? The Assassinations Ban and that OLC Al-Aulaqi Memo
The other day, I tried to read the tea leaves and figure out where the notion of "imminent threat" comes from in the administration's legal views of targeted killing. I speculated that the source of the ... -
Section 702-Based Relief Denied in United States v. Mohamud
Mohamed Osman Mohamud, a Somali-born American citizen, was convicted in January of last year of attempting to detonate a weapon of mass destruction after he tried to set off what he thought was a car bo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We start with the current crisis in Iraq. The New York Times reports that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has its sights set on the second largest dam in the country, the Haditha Dam. -
A Failure of Protocol
The Supreme Court’s decision requiring a warrant for searches of cell phones incident to arrest affirms that we are entitled to privacy in the digital age. These expectations, the Chief Justice explains... -
A Call for Article 51 Letters
In past week, Kenya has conducted air strikes in Somalia against al Shabaab. Israel has undertaken airstrikes in Syria against Syrian military targets in response to a cross-border attack that killed an ... -
Global (Statutory) Habeas After <em>Aamer</em>
As my co-authors and I put the finishing touches on the 2014-15 Supplement to Aspen Publishers' National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks, I had another thought about the potential consequ... -
Guest Post from Jeff Kahn on Latif v. Holder (Striking Down the No-Fly List)
Professor Jeff Kahn (SMU Law, also visiting at W&L Law) writes in with the following guest post on yesterday's no-fly list decision. Be sure to check out Jeff's terrific book on the right to travel and ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraq continues to dominate today’s headlines. Reuters indicates that early this morning, insurgents laid siege to one of Iraq’s largest air bases. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that about half... -
SCOTUS: Without a Warrant, Police Generally Cannot Search Digital Information on Arrestees' Cell Phones
You've likely heard the news, made earlier this morning by the opinion in Riley v. California. -
An Editor's Note
Earlier this morning, we featured a post regarding key developments in the Mohamud criminal case in Oregon.
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