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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ongoing developments in Libya continue to generate abundant news. Most notably, the United Nations has called for an inquiry into Qaddafi's death, reports Nick Cumming Bruce of the New York Times. -
Josh Gerstein on the Ayotte Amendment
The invaluable Josh Gerstein of the Politico offers these important pieces of the legislative politics puzzle surrounding the Kelly Ayotte amendment, which I wrote about here and here: The vote, taken ju... -
As We Leave Iraq, What About Daqduq?
As you probably have heard already, negotiations to extend the U.S. -
Thoughts on Ken Anderson's Post on the CIA Drone Program
Over at Opinio Juris, Lawfare Book Review Editor Ken Anderson raises a series of important questions about the CIA drone program. In that post, Ken very kindly notes the relationship of these questions ... -
Military Commission Updates
A couple of military commission developments worth mention. First, al Nashiri has filed a motion "To Determine If the Trial of this Case Is One From Which the Defendant May Be Meaningfully Acquitted." ... -
Ayotte Amendment Fails
The Kelly Ayotte amendment I discussed yesterday was voted down late last night, reports the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The Senate voted early Friday to reject a Republican effort to prohibit the Uni... -
Kucinich et al. v. Obama Tossed Out
Judge Reggie Walton today dismissed on standing grounds the lawsuit challenging the legality of the military operation in Libya (via Josh Gerstein). The decision was not remotely surprising, and indeed ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, Libya's Muammar el-Qaddafi is confirmed dead. -
Who Needs This?
Another unpleasant proposed spending restriction related to trying suspected terrorists--this time from Senator Kelly Ayotte. This is a proposed amendment to an appropriations bill for the Justice Depart... -
Jeh Johnson on Reaffirming the AUMF
Here is the text of Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson's comments on AUMF reaffirmation, which I discussed yesterday in this post: CULLY STIMSON: . . . there are proposals on the Hill regarding reaffir... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Jeh Johnson's speech at the Heritage Foundation, which Ben discussed in his earlier post, generated a lot of press today: the Washington Post's Peter Finn reports on Johnson's warning against the "over-... -
Is the Administration Softening on AUMF Reaffirmation?
I had been waiting for the video of Pentagon General Counsel Jeh Johnson's speech at the Heritage Foundation to be released to post thoughts it. But I awoke this morning to press coverage of the speech t...
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