I. Explainers on the “Muslim Ban” Executive Order and Its Aftermath
- Meg Satterthwaite and Alexandra Zetes, Explainer on the Legal Obligation Not to Return Refugees and How Trump’s Exec Order Breaks It (Saturday, Feb. 4)
- Marty Lederman, Getting a handle on the litigation challenging the seven-nation “travel ban” (Monday, Feb. 6)
- Steve Vladeck, Bipartisan Ex-Senior US Officials to Federal Court: Trump’s Immigration Order Endangers National Security (Monday, Feb. 6)
- Marty Lederman, Oral argument tomorrow in Ninth Circuit on immigration E.O. case–but don’t be surprised if the court doesn’t reach the merits (Monday, Feb. 6)
- Jonathan Hafetz, Why Courts Appear Willing to Reject Trump’s Travel Ban Order (Monday, Feb. 6)
- Jennifer Daskal, 4 Quick Thoughts on the 9th Circuit Order re: the Immigration EO (Thursday, Feb. 9)
II. The”Muslim Ban” Executive Order: Contempt and Disobedience
- Ambassador (ret.) Keith Harper, The Importance of Judicial Contempt Proceedings in a Trump Era, (Tuesday, Feb. 7)
- Faiza Patel, Explainer on Officials in Contempt of Court Orders on #MuslimBan–Tracking All the Cases (Tuesday, Feb. 7)
- Cristina Rodriguez, Trump and the Immigration Bureaucracy: Should We Expect Civil Servants to Dissent? (Thursday, Feb. 9)
III. Norms Watch
- Katerina Wright, Norms Watch: Tracking the Erosion of Democratic Traditions (Feb. 3-10) (Friday, Feb. 10)
IV. Detention: Executive Order on Guantanamo
- Paul Lekas, The Trump Administration’s Draft EO on GTMO—Strategic, Legal, and Financial Implications (Wednesday, Feb. 8)
V. The Yemen Raid
- Jonathan Horowitz, How to Unmask Trump’s Detention Plans: Ask about the Yemen Raid (Wednesday, Feb. 8)
- Alex Moorehead, Yemen’s consent for U.S. counterterrorism operations: Questions for the Trump Administration (Thursday, Feb. 9)
- Gabor Rona, The Recent Ground Raid in Yemen–What the Public is Entitled to Know (Monday, Feb. 6)
VI. Cyber Warfare: Tallin 2.0
- Just Security, Watch the Tallinn Manual 2.0 Launch Discussion Online (Wednesday, Feb. 8)
- Michael Schmitt, Tallinn Manual 2.0 on the International Law of Cyber Operations: What It Is and Isn’t (Thursday, Feb. 9)
VII. The National Security Council
- Kate Brannen and Luke Hartig, Disrupting the White House: Peter Thiel’s Influence is Shaping the National Security Council (Wednesday, Feb. 8)
VIII. The Law of War: Targeting Killing and War Crimes
- Steven J. Barela and Amos Guiora, Campaign Promises of War Crimes: Now a Stain on the Military (Monday, Feb. 6)
- Gabor Rona, A Just Security Debate!—What’s Wrong with the DNI Report on Civilian Casualties (Tuesday, Feb. 7)
- Adil Haque, Targeted Killing Under Trump: Law, Policy, and Legal Risk (Friday, Feb. 10)
IX. Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing
- Charlie Martel, Questions for Neil Gorsuch’s Confirmation Hearing (Friday, Feb. 10)
X. Sexual Violence in Military Operations
- Charlotte Isaksson, Slow Justice is No Justice: Sexual Exploitation in Military and Civilian Operations (Thursday, Feb. 9)
XI. International Agreements: Iran Nuclear Deal and Paris Climate Deal
- Just Security, Harold Koh: Many Roadblocks to US Pulling Out of International Agreements—Paris Climate and Iran Nuclear included (Wednesday, Feb. 8)
XII. Trump and Countering Violent Extremism
- Stevan Weine, Trump/Bannon Plan to Counter “Violent Islamic Extremism”—A Gift to White Supremacists, and Islamic Terrorists Too (Monday, Feb. 6)
XIII. Michael Flynn’s Russia Connections
- Ryan Goodman, The Other Bombshell in Flynn Story: Contacts during the campaign and Russian hacking (Friday, Feb. 10)
