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In yesterday's Washington Post, Professors Bruce Ackerman and Oona Hathaway editorialized about the "Death of the War Powers Act."
Their piece is provocative, in part because it suggests that the execut...
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A few comments on Toffiq al-Bihani’s cert. petition, which Larkin just posted.
First, I am surprised by al-Bihani’s first argument. He contends that the D.C. Circuit’s January 2010 decision in al-Bihan...
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The Supreme Court denied cert this morning in Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit’s en banc opinion affirming dismissal of a civil suit (relating to rendition) on state secre...
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Charlie Savage has the goods this morning regarding the administration's potential responses to the looming expiration of the 60-day WPR clock in connection with the war in Libya. It's a must-read piece...
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Josh Rogin reports a cryptic comment from Senators Kerry and McCain with respect to the looming expiration of the WPR's 60-day clock. Here is Kerry:
"I'm not hearing from my colleagues that they feel the...
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As we’ve noted on this blog previously (here and here), continued U.S.
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Last week, amidst the flurry of interest occasioned by the wikileaks disclosure of GTMO detainee assessment documents, I was asked to join a group of folks offering opinions on the matter for Foreign Pol...
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...that every non-government employee in the world can discuss what the Wikileaked documents say about Guantanamo detainees except their own habeas counsel--who remain gagged as a consequence of their ob...
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I have recently blogged about two issues: whether congressional authorization is required as a constitutional matter for U.S.
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Habeas lawyer David Remes just sent in the following:
Whatever their significance may be in other respects, the Wikileaks documents have little significance for the detainees still at Guantanamo, because...
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National Public Radio has added its voice to that of the New York Times on the new Wikileaked Guantanamo files. NPR actually has a few stories, along with this database--done in conjunction with the Times.
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The press coverage today of the leaked files concerning the Guantanamo detainees provides a dramatic contrast with public discussions over the operations in Libya. The focus on the detainees is agonizin...