Marty Lederman

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Malinowski and McLeod statements before UN Committee Against Torture

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Nov 13th, 2014

D.C. Circuit stays (i.e., postpones for at least a couple of months) Thursday’s scheduled CMCR hearing in al-Nashiri

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Nov 12th, 2014

Hamidullin indicted in Article III court

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Nov 5th, 2014

Zivotofsky: Questions about Article I and Executive diplomatic speech

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Oct 31st, 2014

The Article I argument in Zivotofsky

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Oct 30th, 2014

al-Nashiri Limburg interlocutory appeal update

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Oct 27th, 2014

Folk tales

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Oct 20th, 2014

New al-Nashiri developments . . . regarding the MV Limburg and USS COLE charges [UPDATED as of late November]

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Oct 17th, 2014

Breaking news from the Supreme Court!

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Oct 6th, 2014

The jurisdictional issue delaying the al-Nashiri military commission: Saudi defendant + French ship + Malaysian shipper + Iranian oil + Bulgarian casualty = trial in a U.S. military commission?

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Oct 3rd, 2014

Of so-called “folk” international law and not-so-grey zones

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Oct 2nd, 2014

The War Powers Resolution and Article 51 Letters Concerning Use of Force in Syria Against ISIL and the Khorasan Group [UPDATED to add statement of the U.N. Secretary-General]

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Sep 23rd, 2014

Ongoing “Covert” Training of Syrian Rebels: But is it still covert . . . and, if so, why?

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Sep 22nd, 2014

The unresolved problems with the DoD Directive definition of “unprivileged belligerency”: A response to Ryan Vogel [Updated]

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Sep 18th, 2014

What’s the matter with the revised DoD Directive 2310.01E?

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Sep 15th, 2014

Tentative first reactions to the 2001 AUMF theory [updated]

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Sep 11th, 2014

The legal theory behind the President’s new military initiative against ISIL

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Sep 10th, 2014

The War Powers Clock(s) in Iraq

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Sep 8th, 2014

Renewed focus on statutory construction in the Section 215 litigation

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Sep 4th, 2014

Cert. petition in Ali accepts Justice Breyer’s invitation

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Aug 25th, 2014

The important and difficult issues in the al-Nashiri case: When did the war begin? And was the COLE bombing a war crime?

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Aug 11th, 2014

The executive’s initial explanation of domestic law authority for the use of force in Iraq

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Aug 8th, 2014

“Techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture”: Redacted CIA report summary now in the hands of the SSCI–What next? [UPDATED]

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Aug 2nd, 2014

Updated developments regarding FAA Section 702 and related matters

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Jul 31st, 2014

al Bahlul and the Future of “Domestic Law-of-War Offenses” in Military Commissions

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Jul 16th, 2014

The importance (and difficulty) of the Stimson Task Force transparency recommendations . . . and a couple of legal corrections

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Jun 27th, 2014

Status of CIA Detention and Interrogation Program Declassification (updated)

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Jun 20th, 2014

The Legal Basis for the Abu Khattalah Capture

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Jun 19th, 2014

Secretary Hagel’s defense of the Bergdahl deal [UPDATED]

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Jun 11th, 2014

The competing 2015 NDAA bills–A sign of hope for closing GTMO

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Jun 5th, 2014

Stepping back from the precipice in Bond

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Jun 3rd, 2014

The Administration’s explanation for why it was lawful not to wait 30 days to complete the Bergdahl exchange

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Jun 3rd, 2014

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