The New York Times reports that France has drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution referring the “situation” in Syria to the International Criminal Court that has been tailored “specifically to addres...

The courtroom was nearly full Monday for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals oral arguments in Ralls Corporation vs Committee on Foreign Investments.

An interesting tidbit today regarding US involvement in Yemen, from Politico's first-rate briefer Morning Defense: MORE MILITARY SUPPORT COULD BE COMING: Shy of putting boots on the ground, the U.S. gove...

This was bound to happen eventually, I suppose: the New York Times editorial page has gotten behind the effort to hold up David Barron's judicial nomination. Sort of. Calling Barron, whom Obama has nomin...

Those who have been following the debate know that the FTC recently won a pretty significant victory in its effort to enforce cybersecurity standards for organizations that hold consumer data.  A distric...

I woke up this morning to text messages and Facebook posts about the Thai Constitutional Court’s verdict ousting Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra. The messages ranged from the exuberant “Ye...

The resolution at this Munk Debate in Toronto is "Be it resolved state surveillance is a legitimate defense of our freedoms." Supporting the motion are former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden and Harv...

There’s much common ground evident in Steve’s reply to my earlier post on the effort of Abd Al-Nashiri, the accused mastermind of the USS Cole bombing, to enjoin his military commission trial.  Steve and...