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The Successes and Failures of the President's Disaster Response
On our Foreign Policy feed, we describe the high points and shortcomings of the White House's response to Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The piece begins: -
Water Wars: September Sea Squabbles
Water Wars: September Sea Squabbles Relations between China and Vietnam continue to sour, the Pentagon schedules regular South China Sea FONOPs, and the Permanent Court of Arbitration notches a win. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea fired a ballistic missile over Japan on Friday in its longest ever test flight, the New York Times reported. The missile launched from an airport north of Pyongyang and flew a distance of 2,3... -
An Open Letter to Joseph Arpaio’s Attorneys
Last week, I wrote an op-ed in The Boston Globe suggesting that a private attorney should be appointed to challenge the constitutionality of former Sheriff Joseph Arpaio’s pardon—a suggestion that has no... -
The National Security Law Podcast: NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell on Section 702
We have a special treat in this off-cycle episode! NSA GC Glenn Gerstell is in Austin to speak to our students here at UT, and (no doubt against his better judgment) he agreed to sit for an interview wit... -
An American Enemy Combatant Case? The News Out of DOD, and What Might Happen Next
DOD has confirmed that an (as-yet-unidentified) American citizen is being held in U.S. military custody in Syria or Iraq as an enemy combatant. More specifically, the available information asserts that ... -
The Syrian Crisis: A Reckoning and a Road Map
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. The tide in the Syrian civil war has clearly shifted. After capturing Aleppo in late 2016, Bashar Assad’s regime—with much help from its Russian ... -
The Parochialism of American Cosmopolitanism
What immediately strikes outsiders to international law as it is understood in the United States—whether foreigners on a visit or Americans who come to our debates with other expertise and training—is ho... -
The UNHRC Commission of Inquiry on Syria Misapplies the Law of Armed Conflict
On September 6, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Syria issued its latest report in anticipation of the current Human Rights Council session. The COI criticiz... -
One PCLOB Nomination to Applaud and Three More to Urge
The nomination of Adam Klein as chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is a welcome move by the president. Klein has excellent credentials for this position, having served as... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Late Wednesday, Democratic leaders announced they had cut a deal with President Trump to pursue legislation protecting young undocumented immigrants from deportation, the Washington Post reported. The de... -
The Friendliest Lawsuit Ever Filed Against the FBI
Last month, I sued the Justice Department in what I described as perhaps the friendliest lawsuit ever filed against it. Yesterday, I filed an equally friendly suit—this time against the FBI. The purpose ...
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