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Most of the legal discussion about Libya intervention has focused in recent weeks on the War Powers Resolution. But the constitutional issue of the President’s power to order the intervention without co...
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Defense Ministers from the 48 nations of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) today endorsed the NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission (NROLFSM). The press release describes the mission a...
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I have only one point to add to Bobby's post earlier today on the opinion by Judge Royce Lamberth in the al-Hajj case. The D.C. Circuit has so far avoided addressing issues related to the voluntariness o...
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Habeas lawyer David Remes sent in the following comments on recent developments in D.C. Circuit case law. He emphasizes that he has been counsel in several of the cases discussed below and that the follo...
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In a 13-page opinion made public today (but dated May 23, 2011), Judge Lamberth in al-Hajj v.
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Writing at Foreign Policy, Charli Carpenter and Lina Shaikhouni present a series of arguments challenging the legality of the U.S. use of lethal force--whether from drones or special forces--in Pakistan....
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There's been quite a bit of activity in the Guantanamo habeas courtrooms since Larkin last posted these statistics in mid-April. Last week's voluntary dismissal of Fahmi Al Assani's and Suleiman Al Nadhi...
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Hot on the heels of a National Security Council debate last Thursday concerning whether to reduce the pace or scope of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan (reported by the Wall Street Journal here; please do c...
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ABC News (among other sources) reports:
In a new video message released on the internet Friday, American-born al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn calls on Muslims living in America to carry out deadly one-man...
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Bruce Ackerman has responded on Balkinization to Trevor Morrison’s review of Ackerman’s book The Decline and Fall of the American Republic. Ackerman’s opening paragraphs explain his post and have all th...
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According to ABC News and the New York Times, House Speaker John Boehner today will call for a vote on two resolutions regarding the use of force in Libya - one sponsored by Rep. Denis Kucinich, and the ...
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Two Guantanamo detainees, Fahmi Al-Assani and Suleiman Al-Nahdi, have moved the D.C. Circuit to dismiss their habeas appeals (Al-Assani's motion is here, Al-Nahdi's is here).