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Lawfare Podcast, Episode #101: Jameel Jaffer, Bob Litt, and William Banks Debate FISA
Earlier this month, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security held its “24th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference.” As part of the conference, the group held a... -
The Immigration Imbroglio as (Pretty) Normal Separation of Powers
It has been instructive during the last six years to watch President Obama and most Democrats evolve from Executive power critics to Executive power apologists, just as it has been instructive to watch m... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
First off, in anticipation of President Obama’s decision this week to take on the immigration issue, Ben examined the central question in the standoff between him and Congress: how much discretion does h... -
End of Forever War Watch, Weekend Edition
Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt report: President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures A... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The fight over immigration in Washington is underway. Last night, President Obama gave a prime time speech outlining his plan to act unilaterally on immigration, which would allow up to five million undo... -
Executive Discretion and Immigration Law
Earlier this week Ben posted his own thoughts on the President's exercise of prosecutorial discretion in the enforcement of our immigration laws. Now, we have the DOJ OLC opinion justifying the Presiden... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #43: An Interview with Ambassador Daniel Sepulveda
Our guest this week is Amb. Daniel Sepulveda, the man charged with managing the U.S. relationship with the International Telecommunications Union. The ambassador helps us make sense of the recent ITU me... -
Judges Brett Kavanaugh and John D. Bates on Blogs and Judges in National Security Cases
At a recent panel on which I spoke at the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security's annual conference, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh and U.S. District Judge---and former FISA presiding j... -
A Reader Survey on Live Lawfare Events and Webcasts
We are currently planning to launch, in the new year, a series of live events, webcasts, and other forms of programming. Readers have been asking for more of this sort of thing from Lawfare for quite som... -
Throwback Thursday: The 1994 Budapest Memorandum
Editor’s note: For quite a while now, social media enthusiasts have been using the hashtag #tbt (or, in long-form, “Throwback Thursday”) as a way to reminisce about the past. Now Lawfare has decided to g... -
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5 Guantanamo Detainees Transferred to Europe Today
At the Miami Herald, Carol Rosenberg reports that the Pentagon today transferred 5 inmates at Guantanamo Bay to two countries in Europe. According to Rosenberg, three of the detainees were sent to Georg...
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