According to ABC News and the New York Times, House Speaker John Boehner today will call for a vote on two resolutions regarding the use of force in Libya - one sponsored by Rep. Denis Kucinich, and the ...

The House has passed the National Defense Authorization Act, in a 322-96 vote. Ninety-five Democrats voted with Republicans to pass the bill, while six Republicans voted against final passage. Rep. Just...

Last Thursday the Washington Post editorial page opined that President Obama should either seek congressional authorization for the military actions in Libya, or “should inform Congress and the public ab...

Further to this post on the President's letter to Congress (and its significance in light of the War Powers Resolution, or "WPR"), here are two recent and quite post-worthy developments regarding militar...

I join Ben in welcoming Marty Lederman back to blogging.  His initial post--parsing both international and domestic legal issues relating to the UBL operation--is typically thorough and insightful (not t...

On Friday, the New York Times published the text of President Obama's letter to Congress, regarding the use of force in Libya.    (Over at Opinio Juris, Peter Spiro has posted a discussion of the letter'...

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

There is much discussion today about the apparent decision of the Obama Administration to ignore the provision in the War Powers Resolution that requires that the President either terminate the use of mi...

In yesterday's Washington Post, Professors Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway editorialized about the "Death of the War Powers Act." Their piece is provocative, in part because it suggests that the execut...

A few comments on Toffiq al-Bihani’s cert. petition, which Larkin just posted. First, I am surprised by al-Bihani’s first argument.  He contends that the D.C. Circuit’s January 2010 decision in al-Bihan...

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...

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...