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Remarks of Incoming ASIL President Oona Hathaway
In her address to the ASIL annual meeting, incoming president Oona Hathaway says international law has never mattered more than it does right now.
On the State Department Memorandum “Operation Epic Fury and International Law”
Former State Department attorney's critique of the Department's Iran war memorandum on “Operation Epic Fury and International Law.”
Former FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms
Ryan Goodman sits down with Andrew Weissmann, former FBI General Counsel and DOJ veteran, to unpack FISA reauthorization.
On Ambassador Waltz’s Defense of Potential Law of War Violations in the Iran Conflict
Three top legal experts analyze Ambassador Mike Waltz's claims about laws of war and US operations in Iran war.
A Primer on Just War Theory and the Iran War
Leading scholar explains just war theory and the Iran war. An assessment of the Trump administration's response to the Catholic Church.
The Constitution’s Forgotten Term Limit on Military Power
Most constitutional experts have never given the Two-Year Clause a second thought. The circumstances that made that neglect tolerable are in the process of dissolving.
In Response to the Letter by International Law Experts
Four experts, who have each served as Senior Law of War Advisor, respond to Letter by 100+ international law experts on Iran war published at Just Security.
The Presidential Records Act is Constitutional
Presidents have complied with the Act without serious objection, and there is essentially no scholarly or other commentary questioning the Act’s constitutionality.
Separating Fact from Fiction in FACE Act Enforcement
The Trump administration’s new report claims DOJ’s enforcement of the FACE Act unfairly targeted religious Americans. Each of its claims fail against the enforcement record.
Bogus “Antifa” Designations and FBI Warrantless Access to Americans’ Communications
"Any expert of national security surveillance law following the government’s escalating actions on “antifa” can connect the dots to FISA electronic surveillance."
1,000 Days and Counting: A Father, A Professor, and a Government That Won’t Let Go
The son of Azerbaijan economist and anti-corruption activist Gubad Ibadoghlu appeals for the release of his father and uncle, both political prisoners.
Mined and Blockaded: Iran’s Unlawful Mining and the U.S. Port Blockade
If transit passage rights wither away in the Strait of Hormuz, then every chokepoint in the world is potentially exposed.