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Article III and the Bottom-Side Briefing in <em>al Bahlul</em>
Jane already flagged the merits brief filed by the U.S. government on September 17 in al Bahlul v. United States, the major challenge to the power of the Guantánamo military commissions to try non-intern... -
Why it Might Matter Whether the Islamic State Was AUMF-able Last Year
In February, Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller wrote a story in the WP about how Al-Qaeda’s then-recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, now Islamic State, or IS) raised questions abou... -
A Standoff of Agreement Over an ISIS AUMF
You know that the political system has reached a moment of special paralysis when a standoff emerges out of agreement. Yet that is what appears to be happening with respect to the politics of authorizing... -
Readings: Geoff Corn on Precautionary Measures in the Law of Armed Conflict
(Author's note: Apologies to Geoff and everyone else - I somehow managed to delete the last couple of paragraphs of this post when it went up. I'll recover them--including the part of the post that actu... -
A Less Generous Take on Greenwald's Latest
Jack is very generous to Glenn Greenwald in his post earlier today, in which he notes areas where he agrees with what he terms Greenwald's "skeptical takedown of the factual basis for the attacks on the ... -
On Glenn Greenwald’s Skepticism on Threat Claims About the Khorasan Group
Glenn Greenwald has a skeptical takedown of the factual basis for the attacks on the Khorasan Group (KG) in Syria, and the American Press’s complicity, based on anonymous USG sources, in spreading war-mo... -
Diane Webber on the ECHJ Opinion in Hassan
Diane Webber, a British lawyer who recently did a lengthy study of detention law in a variety of countries, writes in with the following account of the European Court of Human Rights decision earlier thi... -
Islamic State Reconciling with Jabhat al-Nusra, and Strengthening President’s 2001 AUMF Argument
The Guardian reports that USG bombing of Jabhat al-Nusra, the al Qaeda group (or AQ-affiliated group) in Syria that has been at odds with the Islamic State for a year or so: Air strikes continued to targ... -
Drone Dance
Austrian drone-swarm dance with lights. Very cool. -
Heritage Event on "The Legal Basis for Military Action against ISIS"
Featuring Cully Stimson, Bobby Chesney, Steve Vladeck, and Steve Bradbury. Here's the video: -
Transatlantic Dialogue on Int'l Law and Armed Conflict: Verdirame on Theory, Human Rights, and Conflict
The newest installment in the Transatlantic Dialogue series is now posted at ICRC's Intercross blog. It is from Professor Guglielmo Verdirame, and it addresses the larger implications of IHRL's expansion... -
The Obama Administration’s Legal Justification for Strikes Against the Islamic State In Syria
Based on comments from senior Obama administration officials who spoke on “the condition of anonymity,” Charlie Savage reports the Obama administration’s legal theory for the use of force against the Isl...
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