Civil Liberties

A response to Margulies and Azmy.

Many of the tragedies and sins associated with failure in the war in Afghanistan could equally apply to the "war on drugs.”

Joseph Margulies and Baher Azmy write to set the record straight.

A leading human rights lawyer raises provocative questions about track record of U.S. human rights organizations. An essay in advance of a live event on Thursday night to discuss…

What would the world today look like if the US had responded to the 9/11 attacks with criminal law instead of through the lens of war?

The Massacre destroyed not only Black generational wealth but also the political and civil power that is tied to economic success.

The D.C. Circuit will soon consider the consequential question of whether the Due Process Clause applies to Guantanamo detainees.

Congress should close the loopholes that allow the federal government to circumvent the Posse Comitatus Act.

The US and the EU must act swiftly, before more people are hurt or killed and before more damage is done to the credibility of democracy.

(Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series that began in the runup to the hundredth anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre this year.)  In the past few months,…

The company has responded to criticism with clarifications and revisions, but the rules require a fundamental rethink.

Encryption originalism views strong encryption as the modern reemergence of Founding Era practice of employing—often unbreakable—ciphers.