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The Attorney General's Speech
I join Ben's praise for the Attorney General's speech. The Administration has done a good job in the speeches by Harold Koh, Jeh Johnson, John Brennan, and now the Attorney General in laying out a compr... -
The Holder Speech and the <i>Mathews</i> Test
One brief (but significant) point that thus far has gone largely unnoticed in the wide coverage of yesterday's speech by Attorney General Eric Holder is his invocation of the Supreme Court's Mathews v. -
Stephanie Blum Defends the Human Rights Groups
Stephanie Blum, author of The Necessary Evil of Preventive Detention in the War on Terror and other stuff, writes in to question my recent post responding to Human Rights Watch and Human Rights First on ... -
On the Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011
What if, during a speech by the President, some demonstrators outside loudly protested the Administration’s targeted killing of suspected terrorists? Suppose also that one or two unwittingly had crossed ... -
DNI Data on Guantanamo Recidivism
Under the Intelligence Authorization Act, the DNI is required to release data on Guantanamo reengagement. He has now done so. Here's the key table: -
The Washington Post on Holder's Speech
My former colleagues on the Washington Post editorial page have weighed in quickly on Eric Holder's speech yesterday with an editorial entitled, "It's Time to Release the Drone Memos." The gravamen of th... -
Stop Press: Supreme Court Orders Kiobel Reargued to Address Extraterritoriality
In a surprising development, less than a week after last Tuesday's oral argument in Kiobel v. -
Holder on Targeted Strikes: The Key Passages, with Commentary
In this post, I focus on the portion of the speech addressing the targeted use of lethal force, including against US citizens. To cut to the chase, the heart of the discussion comes when the Attorney Gen... -
Text of the Attorney General's National Security Speech
As promised, Attorney General Holder delivered an address on law and national security today at Northwestern Law. The speech covered an array of topics, including a defense of the legitimacy of military... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, Attorney General Eric Holder will finally provide "the Obama administration's legal rationale for targeting U.S. citizens abroad" in a major speech at Northwestern Law School, reports t... -
Call for Papers on...Lawfare
Jacob Katz Kogan flags this call for papers from the European Journal of Legal Studies: Call for Papers “Lawfare” & the Instrumentalization of Law Law plays an ambivalent role in modern societies. On t... -
Getting Out of the Detention Business in Afghanistan by the Fall of This Year?
The Times has an important story from Alissa Rubin this morning describing the ongoing negotiations between the US and Afghanistan regarding the future of the US presence there. We have frequently heard...
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