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I’m very happy to present this very interesting and useful summary produced by Ryan Sylvester, a third-year student at Fordham Law:
On March 10, 2011, the U.S. Department of State posted its Response to...
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Senator Rand Paul has attached the following Amendment to S.
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In a post this morning at Balkinization, Mark Tushnet argues that President Obama need not seek Congressional approval for U.S. participation in the Libyan Civil War because this armed conflict is not a ...
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President Obama’s speech was a full-throated defense of his deployment of U.S.
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At the American Society of International Law annual meeting yesterday, State Department Legal Advisor Harold Koh gave this statement on the legality of the use of force in Libya. The international law j...
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In the last few days several smart people have disagreed with my argument in favor of the constitutionality of the Libya intervention. This is a perennial debate that arises every time the President thr...
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Courtesy of the invaluable Secrecy News:
No-Fly Zones: Strategic, Operational, and Legal Considerations for Congress
Declarations of War and Authorizations for the Use of Military Force: Historical Bac...
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Critics are starting to swarm around the Obama administration’s increasingly unintuitive claim – in the sixth day of what the New York Times now describes as “ferocious” air strikes on ground forces, tan...
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Charlie Savage reports that the Obama administration’s “legal team appears to be distinguishing between a full war and a more limited military operation, on the theory that the Libyan intervention falls ...
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Today President Obama sent this letter to Congress, “as part of [his] efforts to keep the Congress fully informed, consistent with the War Powers Resolution,” about the recent operations in Libya. After...
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I make the case, mostly drawing on arguments previously made on this blog, in Slate. I also make the obvious point that just because it is lawful does not mean it is a good idea.
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The U.S.