Politico has two pieces today of interest to Lawfare readers. The first is a lengthy Josh Gerstein & Charles Hoskinson analysis of this week's debate in the House on revising the AUMF. The second, an op-...

Ever since my exchange with Daphne Eviatar and Bobby's post last night, I have been wondering if there's an easy tweak to Rep. Buck McKeon's AUMF reaffirmation language. Specifically, could Rep. McKeon m...

I confess that I'm a bit bewildered by the aggressiveness of the Statement of Administration Policy on the NDAA--about which Bobby just posted. As Bobby notes, the administration seems to be threatening ...

Very interesting.  The six-page Statement of Administration Policyrelating to HR 1540, the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012, is here.  There are many objections, requests, and veto...

Over the dissent of Justices Breyer and Sotomayor (no separate opinions), the Supreme Court today denied cert. in Khadr v.

The Supreme Court today issued a unanimous opinion in General Dynamics Corp. v.

Josh Gerstein of the Politico is reporting a fascinating development in the rules of the Detainee Review Boards at Bagram: The Obama Administration has taken a step to have official representatives for U...

Anyone who wants to understand in a nutshell the difference between the New York Times editorial board and the Washington Post editorial board on counter-terrorism issues--and, actually, on a broader arr...

SCOTUS Blog notes that: The Court [has] relisted for a fourth time . . . Khadr v. Obama, 10-751 . . . suggesting that statements respecting, or dissents from, the denial of cert. may be forthcoming.

The Supreme Court denied cert this morning in Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit’s en banc opinion affirming dismissal of a civil suit (relating to rendition) on state secre...

Last Wednesday counsel for Toffiq Al Bihani filed a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court. Readers may recall that the D.C.