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Senator Paul's Filibuster: Get Yer Transcript and Video Here!
As you no doubt already know, Kentucky's junior Senator, Rand Paul, on Wednesday filibustered John O. Brennan's nomination to be CIA Director for thirteen hours (with help, in part, from his Senate colle... -
Why I Don't Mind the Rand Paul Filibuster
Jack is certainly right that Senator Paul "is painting a misleadingly very unattractive picture of the circumstances in which the United States uses drones abroad in words that will now be played around ... -
On Senator Paul’s Filibuster
Recall that Senator Paul asked John Brennan whether he believed the President “has the authority to order lethal force, such as a drone strike, against a U.S. citizen on U.S. soil, and without a trial?,”... -
Google's Transparency Report on NSLs
In its latest transparency report published this week, Google began sharing very general data about the number of National Security Letters (NSLs) it receives from the FBI or other government agencies se... -
Carrie Cordero Compiles Alarm-Sounding Sequestration Comments
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following useful compilation of administration warnings about the effects o... -
DOJ Seeks Rehearing En Banc in <em>Bahlul</em> to Overturn <em>Hamdan II</em>
Back in January, we devoted a fair amount of attention to the DOJ Supplemental Brief in the al-Bahlul military commission appeal--and the rather significant internal debate within the Administration abou... -
Lawsuit against NYPD by Members of Muslim Community
Last June, a collection of advocacy and religious organizations, businesses, and individuals in New York City and New Jersey filed a federal lawsuit against the City of New York, alleging the New York Ci... -
The Capture-or-Kill Debate #8: Kevin Heller Joins the Conversation
The following guest post is the latest in a series comprising a debate as to whether LOAC requires an attempt to capture rather than a first-resort to lethal force in some circumstances. The debate up t... -
Habeas, Due Process, and... Extradition?
One of the more interesting structural constitutional questions to emerge from the post-9/11 detention litigation has been the previously under-explored relationship between the Constitution's Suspension... -
Brief for the United States in Al-Janko
The United States has filed its appellate brief in the case of Al-Janko v. -
The <em>Obaydullah</em> Cert. Petition: One More Shot for the Supreme Court...
Amidst all the hubbub earlier this week, we neglected to note the filing of a new cert. petition in a Guantánamo habeas case--in Obaydullah v. Obama, filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Our coverage o... -
Shane Harris on "Deep State" and Ragtime
Over at Washingtonian's new Dead Drop blog, Shane Harris has this fascinating piece, mining a just-released book for new information about the NSA's warrantless wiretapping activities.
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