So writes the D.C. Circuit in this terse per curiam order.  It was issued Monday. Al Warafi, a Yemeni detainee, had claimed in the District Court that he had not joined the Taliban, but instead worked o...

I agree with Jack's analysis of the UK statement. I would add that the British legal position is not new.   The British relied on the doctrine of humanitarian intervention for their participation in the...

Here is the UK’s statement on “the legality of military action in Syria following the chemical weapons attack in Eastern Damascus on 21 August 2013.”  It maintains that “[i]f action in the Security Counc...

Big news from the Department of Defense this morning: two detainees have been transferred from the Guantanamo detention facility to the government of Algeria.

As I noted in an earlier post, the newly emerging uses of multi-lateral military force for humanitarian intervention -- such as to respond to states that gas their own citizens -- raise profound issues a...

I'm leaving the Syria war powers discussion to those around here who actually know something about the subject, but I had one glancingly-related thought. If you're trying to decide the legality of a reso...

Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro argue in the WP that military force in Syria absent Security Council authorization would violate the U.N. Charter, and they sketch alternatives to intervention.   I agree ...

You can find today's letter here.

No, I'm not talking about the Syrian Electronic Army's likely take down of the New York Times website yesterday -- though that is probably what you were thinking and also probably the only one you've rea...