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Van Hollen/Connolly Draft AUMF
Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Gerry Connolly have put forward another draft Syria force authorization. Here are some of the bill's key provisions, beginning with the authorization itself: SEC. 2. -
The Obama Administration's National Security Legal Team
Ben observed last week that in the midst of the most significant war powers debate of this Presidency, many of the top national security legal positions in the Administration remain unfilled. -
Our New Comments Policy
A little less than a year ago, I announced a very cautious experiments with comments on Lawfare---putting a Facebook comments box on each post. We now have enough experience with the experiment to determ... -
The Senate Draft AUMF for Syria is Narrower Than the Administration's Draft, But Still Broad In Some Respects
The draft Senate Syria AUMF contains a narrower authorization for the use of presidential force than the one the administration proposed. But it is in some respects still broad, and it actually enhances... -
Draft SFRC Joint Resolution on Syria
The would-be Syria AUMF---which is evidently still subject to markup in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee---can be found here. As for key provisions, readers will be interested in the draft's secon... -
Syria Hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
It's happening right now, and you can tune in via the SFRC's livestream. The afternoon's three witnesses: Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and General Martin Dempsey, the... -
The Draft AUMF, Congressional Authorization, and the Administration's Objectives in Syria
There is an apparent disconnect between the White House’s strategic goals in Syria and the draft AUMF it sent to Congress last week---though negotiations in Congress appear to be addressing the issue. F... -
Constitutional Power to Threaten War: Three Points on Syria
I recently posted my new paper on The Constitutional Power to Threaten War (forthcoming, Yale Law Journal). The basic idea is that existing debate and legal scholarship about constitutional war powers f... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
First, of course, to Syria. Republican Senator John McCain has announced his support of our intervening in Syria; read the New York Times ("times" two) and -
It is Hard to Write an AUMF
Politico reports that a revised Syria AUMF is being drafted in the Senate: Some of the options being considered for the revised Authorization for the Use of Military Force include a 60-day period for Oba... -
What the 9/11 Commission Report Says About Syria
As we approach the twelfth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya, it seems like an appropriate t... -
Huge Traffic Surge: Good Feedback Opportunity
We had an enormous traffic surge today---thanks to a link to one of Jack's posts from the front page of Huffington Post. More than 18,000 people have been on Lawfare this morning, a fact which offers a g...
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