By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh   The last issue on the agenda is that of the trial schedule. But first, after securing the defense’s clarification that it is not seeking a speedy trial, Judge Pohl and...

Against the al-Nashiri backdrop, the government has now filed its brief on the merits in United States v. Hamdan (the first post-conviction appeal under the Military Commissions Acts of 2006 and 2009), w...

By Benjamin Wittes & Ritika Singh

With Anwar al-Awlaki dead, one hears relatively little these days regarding the progress of events in Yemen in relation to AQAP and U.S.

Thomas B. Nachbar is a most remarkable law professor.  A few years ago, after having achieved wide recognition as a senior University of Virginia scholar known for his work in technology and regulation, ...

The cert petition in Latif has been filed. So far, only the questions presented have been released publicly. They are as follows:

The ICRC recently published this report on its visits to detainees being held in U.S. facilities in Afghanistan, Guantanamo, Iraq, and South Carolina. The report opens: Although terrorism is not new, Sta...

If Ben needs something to tear into, there's also this--my guest post over at the ACSblog, which uses Judge Brown's disturbing rhetoric in Latif as a foil through which to evaluate this "anniversary." Re...

Never fear, Ben!  While the Times may have disappointed you today, NPR has stepped into the breach this morning with its Guantanamo anniversary story. To be frank, I'm more than a little surprised by th...

Here is Part II of Peter Margulies's reporting from AALS: AALS Federal Courts Debate II: Military Commissions and Material Support The lively federal courts panel at the American Association of Law Scho...

Peter Margulies of Roger Williams University School of Law has sent in two accounts of panel discussions at the annual meeting of the American Association of Law Schools. Here is the first: