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Choosing Between Federal Prosecution and Deportation
The legal and political debate over immigration detainers usually concerns the demands that the federal government makes of local law enforcement. -
The Taste of Crow: Okay, I’m Alarmed Now
More than two months ago, I wrote a piece counseling against panic in the case of the John Doe U.S. citizen detainee being held by the military in Iraq. Steve Vladeck responded that I was being complacen... -
Document: New Military Commission Charges in 2002 Bali Bombings
The chief prosecutor of the Guantanamo Bay military commissions, Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, has brought new charges against Riduan bin Isomuddin (also known as Hambali), an al-Qaida affiliate alleged ... -
For Judges, ‘Legality’ Is Their Only ‘Reality’
Lawfare readers are by now no-doubt familiar with my unflinching criticisms of the opinions that have enjoined President Donald Trump’s travel bans. The statutory claims are unreviewable, and even if the... -
Document: D.C. District Court Denies DOJ Motion for Partial Stay in Doe v. Trump
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly denied the government's request for a partial stay of the court's Oct. 30 injunction, which required the military to allow prospective transgender enlistees by Jan. 1. The fu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Dina Powell, the deputy national security advisor, will resign from the White House early next year, according to the Washington Post. The departure is said to be amicable, and Powell will continue to in... -
On the Russian Proposal for Mutual Noninterference in Domestic Politics
In January, I floated the “contrarian” idea that the United States should consider cutting back on its threatening activities in Russia’s digital networks, including its “Internet Freedom” efforts to pro... -
Is Apple Fully Complying With iMessage and FaceTime-Related Court Orders?
Apple’s recent acquiescence to the Chinese government, both by removing anti-censorship VPN applications and in Tim Cook’s recent speech in China, is not just disturbing because it shows Apple succumbing... -
‘Once to Every Man and Nation Comes the Moment to Decide’
On this day in 1845, the New England poet and noted abolitionist (and Harvard Law School graduate) James Russell Lowell published a long poem in the Boston Courier entitled “Verses Suggested by the Prese... -
Congress Adapts to Calamity: The FY 2018 NDAA’s Climate Change Provisions
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2018 into law in the next few days. -
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Children of the Caliphate: Victims or Threat?
Editor’s Note: Of the many horrible things the Islamic State has done, one of the worst is its indoctrination of children and use of them in its gruesome deeds. The children are both victims and perpetra...
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