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Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (June 20–26)
I. Surveillance, Privacy & the FISA Court Elizabeth Goitein, Guest Post: The FISC’s Newest Opinion: Proof of the Need for an Amicus (Tuesday, June 23) Jennifer Daskal & Andrew…
Call for Papers: AALS 2016 Annual Meeting
We received word from our friend Deborah Pearlstein of a call for papers that is likely of interest to some Just Security readers, particularly those in the legal academy. Here…
The Defense Department’s Indefensible Position on Killing Human Shields
The Defense Department apparently thinks that it may lawfully kill an unlimited number of civilians forced to serve as involuntary human shields in order to achieve even a trivial…
Welcoming Oona Hathaway and Nathalie Weizmann
We are absolutely delighted to announce the two latest additions to Just Security‘s Board of Editors–Oona Hathaway and Nathalie Weizmann. Oona, who will be joining…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (June 13–19)
I. Detention & Trials Jonathan Horowitz, Guest Post: What Rights Does International Law Afford Umm Sayyaf? (Monday, June 15) Steve Vladeck, Why al Bahlul is Rightly Decided (Wednesday,…
Thoughts on Zivotofsky, Part Seven: “Curtiss-Wright–out of sight,” and the fate of the argument for an exclusive executive diplomatic authority
At the oral argument in Zivotofsky, Justice Kagan asked plaintiff’s counsel whether it would be constitutional for Congress to enact a law requiring the Secretary of State to…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (June 6–12)
I. Guantanamo and Detention Steve Vladeck, Three Problems With Judge Brown’s Opinion in Tuaua (Sunday, June 7) Daphne Eviatar, The Senate’s Guantánamo Bill: A Wolf in…
Thoughts on Zivotofsky, Part One: How groundbreaking is it?
There’s already been a great deal of valuable online analysis of Monday’s decision in Zivotofsky v. Kerry, and there’s sure to be much more to follow. The…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (May 30–June 5)
I. Surveillance & Privacy A. Section 215 of the Patriot Act John Reed, Chris Soghoian on What’s Wrong With the Debate on Section 215 (Monday,…
Text of the Senate Bill for Closing Guantánamo Plus White House’s Veto Recommendation
This week, the full Senate is considering the proposed Fiscal Year 2016 Defense Authorization bill, the text of which was very recently made public. While the bill covers billions…
The costs of covertness (international law edition)
As regular JS readers know, I’ve published several posts here on the costs–to the public, and to the government–of one prominent aspect of the U.S.’s use…
Guest Post: Is There an International Duty to Use More Accurate Weapons?
In the heated debate about drones, relatively little attention has been given to their use by the US military to carry out attacks in battlefield zones such as Afghanistan, Iraq,…