I. President-elect Trump: Federal Bureaucracy, Europe, Expatriation, Conflicts of Interest, Appointments, and Executive Power
- David Luban, Shrinking the “Bloated” Federal Bureaucracy: A Bad Solution to a Non-Problem (Monday, Nov. 28)
- Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, NATO and European Responses to the Election of Donald Trump (Tuesday, Nov. 29)
- Steve Vladeck, A Short Course on the Constitutional Law of Expatriation (Tuesday, Nov. 29)
- Kate Brannen, Keeping Track of Trump’s Conflicts of Interest [Updated Nov. 29] (Tuesday, Nov. 29)
- Ryan Goodman, And Mattis Makes Four—Senior Policymakers in a Trump Administration Who Would Take a Hardline on Russia (Friday, Dec. 2)
- Brett Max Kaufman, A Word to a Newfound Ally (Friday, Dec. 2)
II. The Law of War: al Shabaab, AUMF, Targeting, and the DOD Law of War Manual
- Keith Petty, A Duty to Disobey? (Monday Nov. 28)
- Marty Lederman, Administration reportedly deems al Shabaab to be an “associated force” of al Qaeda (Sunday, November. 27)
- Just Security, “Applying the Law of Targeting to the Modern Battlefield” – Full Speech Given by DOD General Counsel Jennifer O’Connor (Monday, Nov. 28)
- Jameel Jaffer, Philip Bobbitt’s War Without Tears (Tuesday, Nov. 29)
- Oona Hathaway, Marty Lederman, Michael Schmitt, Two lingering concerns about the forthcoming Law of War Manual amendments (Wednesday, Nov. 30)
- Janina Dill, The DoD Law of War Manual and the False Appeal of Differentiating Types of Civilians (Thursday, Dec. 1)
III. Surveillance
- Daniella Lock, The Investigatory Powers Act: The Official Entrenchment of Far-Reaching Surveillance Powers (Wednesday, Nov. 30)
- Michael Price, New Counterterrorism Program in Los Angeles: Suspicious Thought Reporting? (Thursday, Dec.1)
IV. Torture and Guantanamo
- Ryan Goodman, Public Support for Torture Based on Prejudice (Monday, Nov. 28)
- Marty Lederman, Initial GTMO PRB decisions now completed, with 29 remaining uncharged and uncleared law-of-war detainees (Wednesday, Nov.30)
V. United Nations Peacekeeping
- Ryan Goodman and Kate Brannen, Headlines Suggest Ban Ki-moon Apologized for UN Role in Causing Cholera Outbreak–But He Didn’t (Thursday, Dec. 1)
VI. Africa and the ICC
- Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer, Five Recommendations to Pacify Relations Between the ICC and Africa (Friday, Dec. 2)
