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Secretary Gates on Rule of Law in Afghanistan and the Possible Expansion of ROLFF
In a speech today that criticized NATO coalition partners for their diminishing contributions to the Afghanistan effort, Secretary of Defense Gates said something remarkable about the rule of law in the ... -
Cully Stimson on Art. 75 and Its Implications for Hearsay in Military Commissions
Cully Stimson, formerly the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs and now at Heritage, raises an important issue with respect to the implications of Article 75 for the admissibility ... -
Libya, Domestic Authority, and the Proper Analogy
Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway argue at the Huffington Post that President Obama lacks the constitutional authority to impose a no-fly zone in Libya in the absence of congressional authorization. Thei... -
Intervening in Libya – Domestic Law Authority
“I think the international community’s is going to come together . . . to try to have a coordinated effort to bring pressure on Gadhafi,” said White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, yesterday, on Meet th... -
Do US Detention Practices Engender Support for the Taliban? Daphne Eviatar and I Debate....
Daphne Eviatar and I have an interesting exchange underway, one that I think nicely illustrates some of the key points of legal disagreement that underly the detention debate (such as whether the ICCPR a... -
Does the ICCPR Apply to Detention Ops in Afghanistan? Eviatar Replies and I Respond
Yesterday I drew attention to a piece by Daphne Eviatar (Human Rights First) concerning the DRB process for screening detainees in Afghanistan, emphasizing the following passage: Under international law,... -
No Appeal in Al-Aulaqi
The deadline for a notice of appeal of Judge Bates' ruling in Al Aulaqi came and went a few weeks back with no filing from the ACLU and the Center for Constitutional Rights.
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