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On Ryan Goodman's Hopeful Take on Ending the Forever War (Or: Why Legal Debates About the 2001 AUMF Don’t Affect National Security Reality)
A few responses to Ryan Goodman's reality-defying take on my claim that the Obama administration’s idea of ending the “Forever War” is dead: * Legal rationales debated by law professors will have ... -
Dhiab Preliminary Injunction Hearing Read-Out, Part Three
Today marks our last little dispatch about the preliminary injunction hearing in the case of Abu Wa’El (Jihad) Dhiab, Syrian national, cleared-for-release Guantanamo detainee, and---most relevantly for p... -
Dhiab Preliminary Injunction Hearing Read-Out, Part Two
We continue with our coverage of a preliminary injunction hearing in the case of Guantanamo detainee and intermittent hunger-striker Abu Wa’El (Jihad) Dhiab. As before, we recount the prior day’s procee... -
More on the War Powers Resolution and the Use of Force Against the Islamic State
This morning I argued that the Obama administration had violated the War Powers Resolution unless its is correct in its contention that the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs together authorize the use of force against... -
The Administration Has Violated the War Powers Resolution Unless It is Right About the Applicability of the AUMFs to the Islamic State
On Monday, Senator Cruz maintained that the War Powers Resolution (WPR) clock had expired because 60 days had passed since the first air strikes against the Islamic State, which the President notified Co... -
Fourth Circuit Affirms Refusal to Vacate Sentence in United States v. Abu Ali
In an unpublished per curiam opinion, Chief Judge Traxler and Judges Wilkinson and Motz of the Fourth Circuit today dismissed Ahmed Omar Abu Ali's bid to overturn the district court's 2012 order denying ... -
Petitioner Files Reply in Bahlul v. United States
Petitioner Ali al-Bahlul filed his reply brief yesterday in Bahlul v. United States, the D.C. -
Dhiab Preliminary Injunction Hearing Read-Out: Part One
Below you’ll find a read-out on the first of a three-day, preliminary injunction hearing in the case of Guantanamo detainee and intermittent hunger-striker Abu Wa’El (Jihad) Dhiab. The Syrian national’s... -
History Suggests That Congress Will Only Authorize Force Against the Islamic State If the President Proposes and Pushes For an Authorization (or Screws Up Unilateral Force Badly)
President Obama says he would “welcome congressional support” but does not need authorization from Congress in order to use force against the Islamic State. The President appears to have taken no steps ... -
Judge Kessler’s Videotape Order and the Costs of Crying Wolf
The First Amendment question in Judge Kessler’s opinion in support of her Order directing the videotapes of Abu Wa'el Dhiab's forced feedings to be unsealed (see Jane’s summary) is whether the public’s p... -
Judge Kessler Orders Release of Guantanamo Force-Feeding Videos
An important development today in Dhiab v. Obama: over the government's objections, D.C. District Court Judge Gladys Kessler has ordered the unsealing of secret videos that show Guantanamo Bay prisoner A... -
Dropping "Khorasan" for "al Qaeda"
There has been much talk about the "Khorasan Group" over the past several weeks, including occasional sharp questions regarding its nature and provenance.
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