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Intervening in Libya – Domestic Law Authority
“I think the international community’s is going to come together . . . to try to have a coordinated effort to bring pressure on Gadhafi,” said White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, yesterday, on Meet th... -
More on Almerfedi: Judge Friedman Denies Stay Pending Appeal
More happened in Almerfedi v. Obama last week than just the release of the final public merits brief. Yesterday Judge Friedman denied the government's motion for a stay of the district court's order pend... -
Detention and Denial at Politics & Prose
Here is the video of my talk today at Politics & Prose on Detention & Denial: The Case for Candor After Guantanamo. It is broken up into four segments. My thanks to Politics & Prose for hosting me and to... -
Almerfedi Public Merits Briefing Complete
The public merits briefing in Almerfedi v. Obama (No. -
Thoughts on Alsabri
I have been meaning for some time to post thoughts on the recent habeas denial in the case of Mashour Abudllah Muqbel Alsabri. It has slipped, however, because the opinion by Judge Ricardo Urbina, at 60 ... -
CMCR Briefs by al-Bahlul and Hamdan (on Joint Criminal Enterprise and Aiding the Enemy), and an Unexpected Comment on Detention Based on Non-Member Support
On February 24th, as directed by the en banc Court of Military Commission Review, the appellants in al Bahlul and Hamdan filed briefs addressing two questions: -
Call for Papers and Participants: 4th Annual National Security Law Faculty Workshop/IHL Training
I’m very pleased to announce the call for papers and participants for the 4th Annual National Security Law Faculty Workshop/IHL Training, which will take place on May 19 and 20 at the Army JAG School in ... -
Sober Thoughts from Tom Ricks on a Libyan No-Fly Zone
The legal issues – domestic and international – of a possible U.S. military intervention in Libya are pretty straightforward, and we shall discuss them in due course if an intervention comes to pass. Me... -
NPR on "Guantanamo North"
Carrie Johnson and Margot Williams of National Public Radio have a very interesting two-part series on what they call "Guantanamo North"--"two secretive units for convicted terrorists and other inmates w... -
Reminder: Politics and Prose Event
Just a reminder that I will be reading from, talking about, and signing copies of Detention and Denial at Politics and Prose in Washington DC on Saturday afternoon at 1 pm. -
American Media Patriotism – Response to Walt
My friend Steve Walt weighs in against media patriotism. But he gives the game away, I think, when he says: “There are undoubtedly some narrow circumstances when a patriotic journalist should decline to... -
We Have Seen the Enemy
The meme has been floating about for some time: the D.C. Circuit--and, particularly, the evil Judge A. Raymond Randolph--is subverting habeas, fighting a rear-guard action against the rule of law, and tu...
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