The killing of Fazul Abdullah Mohammed by Somalian soldiers this weekend provides yet another occasion to note the difficult scope issues that arise under the 9/18/01 AUMF (or, if you prefer, under the P...

Most of the legal discussion about Libya intervention has focused in recent weeks on the War Powers Resolution.  But the constitutional issue of the President’s power to order the intervention without co...

Hot on the heels of a National Security Council debate last Thursday concerning whether to reduce the pace or scope of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan (reported by the Wall Street Journal here; please do c...

Bruce Ackerman has responded on Balkinization to Trevor Morrison’s review of Ackerman’s book The Decline and Fall of the American Republic.  Ackerman’s opening paragraphs explain his post and have all th...

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...