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Most of the legal discussion about Libya intervention has focused in recent weeks on the War Powers Resolution. But the constitutional issue of the President’s power to order the intervention without co...
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Defense Ministers from the 48 nations of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) today endorsed the NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission (NROLFSM). The press release describes the mission a...
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Writing at Foreign Policy, Charli Carpenter and Lina Shaikhouni present a series of arguments challenging the legality of the U.S. use of lethal force--whether from drones or special forces--in Pakistan....
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Hot on the heels of a National Security Council debate last Thursday concerning whether to reduce the pace or scope of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan (reported by the Wall Street Journal here; please do c...
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ABC News (among other sources) reports:
In a new video message released on the internet Friday, American-born al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn calls on Muslims living in America to carry out deadly one-man...
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Bruce Ackerman has responded on Balkinization to Trevor Morrison’s review of Ackerman’s book The Decline and Fall of the American Republic. Ackerman’s opening paragraphs explain his post and have all th...
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According to ABC News and the New York Times, House Speaker John Boehner today will call for a vote on two resolutions regarding the use of force in Libya - one sponsored by Rep. Denis Kucinich, and the ...
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Earlier today I noted a couple of scenarios in which the US government might want detention authority yet face obstacles in relying on the original AUMF should we have withdrawn in the interim from Afgha...
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Here are five quick thoughts about the legislative tussling over the AUMF and detention policy following yesterday's House vote to pass the NDAA and its provisions on the subject.
First, if it was not c...
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The debate regarding AUMF renewal via section 1034 of the NDAA FY12 is about much more than detention authority, but of course it does impact detention authority in various ways. As to that issue, Debor...
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As Raffaela notes below, the NDAA FY12 passed the House yesterday with the AUMF provision, section 1034, intact. The action now moves on the Senate, and beyond that we have the prospect of negotiations ...
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According to Der Spiegel Online, Germany is withholding intelligence from the United States out of concern over the legality of such cooperation in circumstances that might result in a drone strike killi...