Executive Branch
Just Security’s expert authors provide analysis of the U.S. executive branch related to national security, rights, and the rule of law. Analysis and informational resources focus on the executive branch’s powers and their limits, and the actions of the president, administrative agencies, and federal officials.
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Time to Retire the Military Commissions
Last Monday morning, as a military judge read each of the men accused of plotting the 9/11 terrorist attacks their rights to attend the hearings in their case, two of them objected.…
Westgate, al Shabaab, and the AUMF
As we continue to learn more details about the horrendous attack on the Westgate Mall in Kenya—with dozens dead and hundreds wounded—Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has pleaded…