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Supreme Court Releases Marshal's Report of Dobbs Leak
The Marshal's team was not able to identify a person responsible for the Dobbs leak by a preponderance of the evidence. -
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 3: The Odd Executive Agreement Preemption Argument
Part 3 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by f... -
Oral Argument Preview: Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States (Halkbank)
The case raises novel questions of the FSIA’s applicability, as well as the extent of foreign sovereign immunity within criminal law. -
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 2: What to Do If the FSIA Does Not Apply?
Part 2 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by f... -
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, Part 1: The FSIA and Criminal Prosecutions
Part 1 of a three-part series on oral arguments in Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States, a case that raises the question whether the U.S. government can criminally prosecute corporations owned by f... -
Disagreement Between the ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II and the Office of the Prosecutor Regarding the Afghanistan Situation
The ICC Pre-Trial Chamber II’s authorization to resume the investigation into the Afghanistan situation comes amid a disagreement with the Office of the Prosecutor regarding the temporal scope of the inv... -
Deferral and De Facto Authorities: The ICC Prosecutor’s Assessment of Afghanistan’s Deferral Request
The Office of the Prosecutor’s analysis of the merits of Afghanistan’s 2020 request to defer the ICC’s investigation not only underscores its own views of the law applicable to deferral requests but also... -
Oral Argument Preview: Blassingame v. Trump
Before Wednesday’s oral arguments in Blassingame v. Trump debate the scope of presidential immunity, here’s a preview of the case as well as the arguments from each side. -
Winter 2022 Supplement for 'Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials' (7th ed. 2020)
The Winter 2022 Supplement for Bradley, Deeks, & Goldsmith, Foreign Relations Law: Cases and Materials (7th ed. 2020) is now available on Lawfare. -
Gul v. Biden: Habeas Corpus and the Associated Force Doctrine in Guantanamo Bay Litigation
Judge Mehta’s 2021 decision granting Guantanamo Bay detainee Asadullah Haroon Gul’s writ of habeas corpus defines what the government must show to prove that a member of a former “associated force” shoul... -
The ICC’s Impact in Ukraine
Given the unprecedented levels of attention and resources that the ICC is receiving for its Ukraine investigation, as well as potential indictments in the near future, it’s worth considering how the cour... -
Justice Department Files Premotion Letter Before Dearie
The parties agreed on three main categories of issues that Dearie will have to consider while conducting his review of the documents.
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