I'm surprised this hasn't generated more attention: First, an article in the New York Times yesterday mentioned, right at the very end, the possibility that in addition to the 300 special operators heade...

That's the gist of this Rule 28(j) letter, regarding pertinent post-argument authority.  It was filed today with the D.C. Circuit by lawyers for Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul, whose case could be dec...

President Obama yesterday sent the letter to the Speaker of the House, and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  Its text reads as follows: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I reported o...

Earlier this morning, we featured a post regarding key developments in the Mohamud criminal case in Oregon.

Coincidentally, they come to us from two different federal judges in the District of Oregon. The first decision concludes that remedial mechanisms associated with the so-called "No Fly" list violate due...

Among the proposed amendments to the DOD appropriations bill currently under consideration in the House of Representatives is this doozy, courtesy of Arkansas Rep.

An important story tonight in the Wall Street Journal, outlining the first fruits of the Obama administration's review of its options vis-a-vis Iraq and ISIS: The White House and Pentagon now hold a mor...

The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senators Feinstein and Chambliss have introduced a draft cybersecurity information sharing bill.  Early coverage of the bill from ...

Such is the import of this letter, sent today by President Obama to the Speaker of the House.  The letter says, in pertinent part: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Starting on June 15, 2014, up t...

You'll find it here.  We'll cover the two-day mini-hearing, which will commence tomorrow at 0900 down at Guantanamo. The statement opens: Good evening and Happy Father’s Day. I refer to Father’s Day wit...

I explained yesterday why I believe the administration has a straightforward argument for relying on the 2002 Iraq AUMF if it chooses to use force against ISIS in Iraq.  (Bobby and Wells disagree, and th...

Jack's reading of the 2002 AUMF is more than plausible. And I wouldn't be surprised if the executive branch adopted that reading, in searching out a statutory basis for military action against ISIS.