I promised last week to give some thoughts on Judge Henry Kennedy's recent opinion in Hentif as soon as I had a chance to read it. I was busy running some events over the past few days and only just got ...

I often disagree with Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen, but this column strikes me as right on. Thiessen bewails the lack of serious debate in the Republican primaries on national security issues,...

In 2002 the Bush administration received a lot of heat for its flexible understanding of the imminence requirement of the self-defense doctrine in international law in connection with modern terrorism.  ...

A divided 11th Circuit panel has issued a lengthy opinion (112 pages in pdf, with the dissent) affirming the conviction of  Jose Padilla, Adham Hassoun, and Kifah Jayyousi, and granting the government's ...

Friday afternoon’s oral argument in Suleiman saw pretty even questioning of counsel for both sides from an interested panel.  Judges Merrick Garland, Thomas Griffith and David Tatel pressed Abdulrahman A...

Britain amended its universal jurisdiction law last week to require private individuals who seek arrest warrants for foreign government officials for human rights offenses to obtain the consent of Britai...

On September 14, General John R. Allen, who succeeded David Petraeus as the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, presided over the change of the command of Rule of Law Field Force – Afghanistan from Bri...

Below Gabor Rona has a sharp response to my earlier post on Charlie Savage’s story on the latest round of Johnson v.

The Keynote Address begins with a brief introduction from Jack. He notes that one thing extraordinary about Savage is his ability to extract information from government officials and the clarity with w...