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Last Week at the Military Commissions: Long Days for the 9/11 Case
Over the week of Nov. 12, the military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed picked up pretrial proceedings from its September sitting. The newly presiding military judge, Col. -
Trump Administration Appeals Transgender Service Ban to Supreme Court
On Nov. 23, the Trump administration filed petitions for a writ of certiorari before judgment in three lawsuits challenging its ban on military service by transgender people, preempting rulings by the co... -
Confidence in Government on National Security Matters: What Have We Learned So Far?
Last year, we began a polling project intended to serve as a running gauge of the public’s confidence in a variety of institutions on national security matters. We had observed that traditional public po... -
Document: Memorandum on Use of Force in Border Deployment
The Military Times reported on Nov. 21 that a White House memorandum had authorized the use of force by troops stationed at the U.S.-Mexico border. Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and Chi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Interpol elected Kim Jong Yang, a South Korean law enforcement veteran who has served as interim chief of the international police agency since his predecessor, Meng Hongwei, was detained on corruption a... -
The Temporary Restraining Order Against Trump’s Asylum Ban: Statutory Structure and Agency Discretion
Judge Jon S. Tigar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a nationwide temporary restraining order (TRO) on Monday of the Department of Homeland Security’s interim fina... -
A New Lawsuit Against Whitaker’s Appointment Is a Brushback Pitch
Three senators—Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)—have sued President Trump and Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker over Trump’s installation of Wh... -
Explainable AI and the Legality of Autonomous Weapon Systems
This month, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will assess the first phase of its Explainable AI program—a multi-year, multi-million dollar effort to enable artificial intelligence (AI... -
The Lawfare Podcast: What to Expect from the New Iraqi Government
Earlier this year, just as the United States was preparing to kick off its national elections, the country of Iraq was finalizing the results of its own and finally installing a new government after mont... -
New Mueller Investigation Resource Page
Witch hunt or no, the Mueller investigation has so far produced a lot of litigation, and that litigation has produced a lot of documents. Today, Lawfare is releasing a new resource page collating signifi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A Russian Interior Ministry Official, Maj. Gen. Prokopchuk, is one of the nominees to serve as the next INTERPOL president, alarming some Western officials, human rights activists and Kremlin opponents w... -
Water Wars: Agreements and Disagreements
The annual Asia-Pacific Economic (APEC) Summit concluded on Nov. 18 in Papua New Guinea with leaders failing to agree on a final communique for the first time ever, due to clashes between the United Stat...
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