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The Year in Lawfare 2012
I tend to think of the Lawfare year as corresponding with the academic year, since Lawfare was born in September 2010, and its annual cycle thus corresponds roughly to the beginning of the fall semester.... -
Readings: David Skeel on Religion and the US Military
University of Pennsylvania law professor David Skeel has an important opinion piece in the December 28, 2012 Wall Street Journal on the role of religion in the US military, "The Military Balance of Faith... -
Kevin Jon Heller on Accidental and Intentional Killing
Over at Opinio Juris, Kevin Jon Heller has a piece commenting on Glenn Greenwald's and my recent discussion of the difference between the accidental killing of children with drones and the intentional ki... -
Appellant's Reply Brief Filed in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald
On Thursday, lawyers for Abd Al Rahim Hussein Al-Nashiri filed their reply brief in Al-Nashiri v. MacDonald, a civil case now pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Al-... -
Will Berkeley Become A Drone-Free Zone?
From the vanguard of the revolution, reports Forbes, comes this very important effort to prevent our robot overlords from spying on us: The city of Berkeley, Calif., this week took the first steps toward... -
Gabor Rona Responds to Eric Posner on Human Rights Treaties
Gabor Rona of Human Rights First writes in with the following comments on Eric Posner's Slate article, to which I linked the other day: Eric Posner's dismissal of "the human rights regime" would come as ... -
Senators Ask for Argument Time in Hedges
Senators John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Kelly Ayotte---who jointly filed an amicus brief in the Hedges appeal---are asking for argument time in the coming Second Circuit oral argument. -
The Washington Post on Drones and Civilian Casualties in Yemen
The Washington Post has an excellent article by Sudarsan Raghavan on civilian casualties in drone strikes in Yemen and the ways in which the Yemeni government tries to mask the U.S. role in these strikes... -
Eric Posner on Why the Senate Was Right to Reject the Disabilities Treaty
Over at Slate, Eric Posner has a very interesting essay defending the Senate's recent rejection of the disabilities rights treaty—although rejecting the reasons for rejection proffered by the senators wh... -
Readings: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Speech at the National Press Club on National Security Strategy
Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta delivered a wide-ranging address on December 18, 2012 at the National Press Club in Washington DC on the United States' overall national security strategy. The speech... -
"Zero Dark Thirty," by Kathryn Bigelow (Director)
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British Court Rejects Drone Lawsuit: Will Decision Affect Supreme Court Decision in Kiobel?
On Friday, a British court rejected a closely watched civil suit by the son of man killed in a 2011 drone strike in Pakistan that requests a judicial declaration that British intelligence officials may b...
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