Well, at least we learned something about fisheries. Following this morning's lengthy oral argument in Oceana, Inc. v. Locke, the D.C. Circuit had an oh-so-brief brief discussion of Khan v. Obama in ope...

Charlie Savage has the goods this morning regarding the administration's potential responses to the looming expiration of the 60-day WPR clock in connection with the war in Libya.  It's a must-read piece...

(By Benjamin Wittes, Robert Chesney, and Larkin Reynolds) It is with great pleasure that we announce the second edition of the The Emerging Law of Detention: The Guantanamo Habeas Cases as Lawmaking. As...

I guess the search to replace FBI Director Mueller has not been going so well.  The President announced today that he will ask Congress to pave the way for Mueller to serve an additional two years.

Josh Rogin reports a cryptic comment from Senators Kerry and McCain with respect to the looming expiration of the WPR's 60-day clock. Here is Kerry: "I'm not hearing from my colleagues that they feel the...

On Friday morning the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument in Khan v. Obama (Case No.

The Supreme Court recently granted review in a case, Zivotofsky v. Secretary of State, that concerns the scope of the President’s power to recognize foreign governments.  This case is the latest iteratio...

This press release story in the Miami Herald announces that the British advocacy group, Reprieve, is in the midst of developing a litigation strategy designed to stop the United States from conducting dr...

...sent this in from Huffington Post: SHODDY RAT REMOVAL IN DIRKSEN CAFETERIA: WHERE'S THE HOPE AND CHANGE?Amanda Terkel was on the Hill today for, you know, reporting and stuff. While there, she witness...

A reader writes in to point out that, in my earlier post, I have given away the store on behalf of the administration--and, what's worse, on matters on which I wholeheartedly agree with the administration.