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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Today is the 71st anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor---which is surely a national security event, if there ever was one. I just read FDR’s speech from the day, courtesy of Ben, which is quite pow... -
Feinstein Amendment and Some Policy Dimensions of Citizenship-Based Distinctions
Steve and Marty make what seem to me very valid legal arguments in response to Jonathan Hafetz’s post on Opinio Juris, in which Jonathan argues that the Feinstein Amendment’s principal effect would be to... -
Raha Wala on Jeh Johnson's Oxford Speech
Raha Wala of Human Rights First writes in with this comment on Jeh Johnson's Oxford Speech: Ken and Jack are right that DoD General Counsel Jeh Johnson, in his remarks at the Oxford Union, made a serious... -
Government's Reply Brief in Rimi
The government yesterday filed a reply in support of its renewed motion for summary affirmance in Rimi et al. v. -
Military Detention of Non-Citizens and the Not-So-Negative Implications of the New Feinstein Amendment
As Wells and Steve noted last week, the Senate approved the “Feinstein Amendment” to the FY2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The Amendment, if enacted, would impose a clear statement rule f... -
John Dehn on Autonomous Robots and Targeting
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Shane Harris on Madison and Civil Liberties
Over at Washingtonian, Shane Harris has a very generous blog post about Ritika and my recent chapter on James Madison and civil liberties during the War of 1812---which was published as part of a recent ... -
Copyrights and Cyberspace
It doesn't strictly fit into the Lawfare domain, but this episode was interesting enough that it seemed worthy of a blog post: The Republican Study Committee (a very conservative caucus within the House... -
Upcoming Brookings Events
Three events at Brookings are coming up in the near future that will be of interest to readers: 1. The Internationalization of Law Ninth Annual Raymond Aron Lecture Featuring Professor Mireille Delmas-... -
Two Developments in Hedges
First up: on Monday the Hedges plaintiffs, with the United States' consent, sought additional time with which to file their response brief. (From the docket, it seems the plaintiffs actually had request... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with some big news. SecDef Leon Panetta has announced that President Obama intends to nominate Gen. Lloyd Austin as the next commander of CENTCOM to replace General James Mattis. -
DoD GC to Step Down at the End of the Year
Jeh Johnson, the Department of Defense's General Counsel, will resign effective midnight on December 31 of this year. According to his resignation letter, Johnson plans to take some time off, and then t...
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