Charlie Savage reports this morning:  “Since the United States handed control of the air war in Libya to NATO in early April, American warplanes have struck at Libyan air defenses about 60 times, and rem...

I've written a relatively brief primer on the application of the War Powers Resolution "clock" to Operation Unified Protector (i.e., the war in Libya), and have posted it at Brookings.  After detailed co...

The Senate Armed Services Committee announced Friday that it had completed its markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2012.

The president set aside the views of Defense Department and Justice Department lawyers on a critical War Powers Resolution question regarding U.S. operations in Libya.

Rick Pildes has a very thoughtful post at Balkinization on the constitutional politics of the War Powers Resolution, the difficulties Congress faces in responsibly controlling executive discretion to mak...

My analysis of the War Powers Resolution yesterday assumed, based on Charlie Savage’s story, that the only kinetic fire that U.S.

Josh Rogin at The Cable reports that Senators Kerry and Lugar agree that there should be a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on WPR compliance in relation to Libya. So many interesting possibili...

Back in April, I posted this motion by habeas attorney David Remes in Paracha v. Obama, asking for the ability to access Wikileaked material like everyone else can. I had not noticed this response yester...

Three somewhat broader thoughts in addition to this morning’s analysis: 1.

I had thought that the WPR debate in regards to Libya would eventually be eclipsed by a vote on whether to provide supplemental funding to sustain continued operations.  But that, it seems, won't happen....

Richard Klingler, currently a partner at Sidley Austin and previously the NSC's Legal Advisor (2006-07), offers the following assessment of the Administration's WPR/Libya arguments (which can be found no...

In this long post I analyze the Obama administration’s legal arguments for compliance with the War Powers Resolution.  A later post will consider the broader significance of the arguments. Here is the a...