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Document: Government Reply Brief in ACLU v. Mattis
On Oct. 19, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia ordered the government to file within ten days a reply brief in American Civil Liberties Union v. Mattis. The court asked the gov... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: A Deluge of Discovery
Military judge James Pohl, the government, and the Walid Bin’Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali al-Bahlul, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, and Mustafa al-Hawsawi defense teams returned to continue plowing through dis... -
Document: Executive Order to Resume US Refugee Admissions Program
On Tuesday, the White House released the following executive order resuming the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Presidential Executive Order on Resuming the United States Refugee Admissions Program w... -
Supreme Court Vacates Ninth Circuit Ruling in Hawaii v. Trump
The Supreme Court isused a summary disposition in Trump v. Hawaii vacating the Ninth Circuit's ruling and remanding it to that court with instructions to dismiss it as moot. The full order is included be... -
The Travel Ban and the Rational Basis Test
Earlier this week, Judge Derrick K. Watson of the U.S. District Court in Hawaii concluded that President Donald Trump’s Sept. 24, 2017 proclamation will likely be found to be illegal. Following the Ninth... -
Travel Ban 3.0: Maryland District Court Orders Preliminary Injunction
On Oct. 17, 2017, Judge Theodore D. Chuang of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued an opinion and an order enjoining the implementation of President Trump’s latest travel ban. This... -
D.C. District Court Issues Order in ACLU v. Mattis
The D.C. District Court issued an order in American Civil Liberties Union Foundation v. James Mattis, the ACLU's suit on behalf of the unnamed American citizen being held as an enemy combatant by the U.S... -
Al-Alwi v. Trump: Appeal to D.C. Circuit to Determine End of Hostilities in Afghanistan
On October 2, counsel for Guantánamo detainee Moath Hamza Ahmed al-Alwi filed their opening brief in an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. -
Questions Senators Should Ask at the AUMF Hearing Regarding the US Citizen Enemy Combatant
On October 30th, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing titled "The Authorizations for Use of Military Force: Adminstration Perspective," featuring Secretaries Mattis and Tillerson... -
Third-Party Party-Crashing? The Fate of the Third-Party Doctrine
This fall may prove a landmark in the ongoing debate between security and privacy. Poised to take action are both the U.S. Supreme Court, in Carpenter v. United States, and the U.S. Congress, with the i... -
It’s Time for the Senate to Act on Homeland Security
One of the most important post-9/11 reforms that has helped keep our nation safe from mass-casualty terrorist attacks was the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This year, the Senate ... -
Travel Ban 3.0: Court Grants Temporary Restraining Order in Hawaii v. Trump
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