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Offered without (or only a little) further comment: this piece from The Hill, and a rather eyebrow-raising quotation therein from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers regarding Edward Snowde...
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Last week I explained that a likely major reason for the Obama administration’s switch from an Article II rationale for air strikes against the Islamic State to an AUMF rationale (2001 and 2002) was comp...
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We have an essay in The New Republic titled Obama, Not Bush, Is the Master of Unilateral War. It argues that President Obama, ironically in light of his own lofty rhetoric about lodging war decisions wi...
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Last year President Obama called for the end of the 2001 AUMF conflict and wagged his finger at people who thought continued statutory authority was needed to meet the continuing and morphing Islamic ter...
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There are several stories today about how Islamic State militants are threatening Baghdad. Some of the stories suggest that “an all-out assault on Baghdad” may be in the cards, while others say that the...
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According to the Wall Street Journal, the President's people are "drafting options" to bring about Guantanamo's closure, an objective that would require the White House to get around a statutory restric...
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The estimable Carol E.
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This morning I argued that the Obama administration had violated the War Powers Resolution unless its is correct in its contention that the 2001 and 2002 AUMFs together authorize the use of force against...
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On Monday, Senator Cruz maintained that the War Powers Resolution (WPR) clock had expired because 60 days had passed since the first air strikes against the Islamic State, which the President notified Co...
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President Obama says he would “welcome congressional support” but does not need authorization from Congress in order to use force against the Islamic State. The President appears to have taken no steps ...
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For the two people still following the exchange between me and Peter Margulies over the bottom-side briefing in the al Bahlul D.C.