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...

“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...

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...

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,...

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.