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Global (Statutory) Habeas After <em>Aamer</em>
As my co-authors and I put the finishing touches on the 2014-15 Supplement to Aspen Publishers' National Security Law and Counterterrorism Law casebooks, I had another thought about the potential consequ... -
Guest Post from Jeff Kahn on Latif v. Holder (Striking Down the No-Fly List)
Professor Jeff Kahn (SMU Law, also visiting at W&L Law) writes in with the following guest post on yesterday's no-fly list decision. Be sure to check out Jeff's terrific book on the right to travel and ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraq continues to dominate today’s headlines. Reuters indicates that early this morning, insurgents laid siege to one of Iraq’s largest air bases. Meanwhile, the Associated Press reports that about half... -
SCOTUS: Without a Warrant, Police Generally Cannot Search Digital Information on Arrestees' Cell Phones
You've likely heard the news, made earlier this morning by the opinion in Riley v. California. -
An Editor's Note
Earlier this morning, we featured a post regarding key developments in the Mohamud criminal case in Oregon. -
A Clue About the Origins of "Imminence" in the OLC Memo?
There's a lot to discuss about the OLC memo on the al-Aulaqi strike---including, as Ben mentioned yesterday, the origins and significance of "imminence." (There's also excellent analysis over at Just Se... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #25: An Interview with Ralph Langner
This week in NSA: The House passes an NDAA amendment to regulate “secondary” searches of 702 data, and the prize for Dumbest NSA Story of the Month Award goes to Andrea Peterson of the Washington Post fo... -
Two Quite Important Rulings Today
Coincidentally, they come to us from two different federal judges in the District of Oregon. The first decision concludes that remedial mechanisms associated with the so-called "No Fly" list violate due... -
Whence Imminence in that Drone Memo? A Puzzle and a Theory
On May 27, a unanimous Supreme Court---to little notice from just about anyone---handed down a case called Plumhoff v. Rickard, which dealt with a police shooting and a claim of excessive force during a ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Civil strife and bloody violence rage on in Iraq. -
Readings: Through Our Glass Darkly: From 'Universal' to 'Extraterritorial'?
Apologies for Shameless Self-Promotion, but I wanted to mention an essay of mine that came out a couple of months ago as part of an excellent symposium on the work of Harvard Law School's comparative law... -
The Al-Aulaqi OLC Memo: A Quick and Dirty Summary
I have this feeling that a lot of people are going to mischaracterize the just-released OLC memo on the Anwar Al-Aulaqi strike. Just a guess. So before expressing any opinions on the subject or arguing w...
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