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al-Nashiri mandamus petition: Government response and oral argument date
The government today filed its opposition to al-Nashiri’s mandamus petition in which he is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to enjoin the participation…
The merits of the judge-disqualification petition in al-Nashiri
As I noted in an earlier post, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. circuit (CTADC) has stayed the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) proceedings in the interlocutory…
Old, New, and Borrowed: Another Round of Anti-Terrorism Legislation in the United Kingdom
Editors’ Note: The following post is the latest installment of our weekly feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take an in-depth…
Thanksgiving Schedule
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Just Security will be on an abbreviated schedule until Monday, December 1, with a lower volume of posts than normal. We wish safe travels and…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Nov 15-21)
I. ISIL: Grand Strategy Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, What the Cold War Can Teach Us About Containing ISIL (Monday, Nov. 17) II. Authorizations for Use of Force (AUMFs) Jack Goldsmith,…
Transcript: The US Appearance Before the UN Committee on the Convention Against Torture
Below is a transcript of all national security issues discussed during the US delegation’s appearance before the UN’s Committee on the Convention Against Torture, prepared…
Why the immigration initiative has nothing to do with assertions of executive constitutional power
My quick take here, dispelling some of the more common misunderstandings about the legal bases of the Executive’s new immigration policies.
Livestream of National Security Law Brief Symposium: Congress, Use-of-Force Authorizations, and ISIL
This afternoon, from 2-6 p.m., the National Security Law Brief at American University Washington College of Law is hosting a symposium on Congress, use-of-force authorizations,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Nov 8-14)
I. Authorization for Use of Force Against ISIL John Reed, Sen. Kaine: Narrow the Scope of the 2001 AUMF (Thursday, Nov. 13) Ryan Goodman & Steve Vladeck, Principles to…
Judge Kavanaugh, Nashiri, and the D.C. Circuit’s Jurisdiction Over the Military Commissions
As Marty already noted, yesterday, a divided three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit issued a strange order in the ongoing litigation in the al-Nashiri military commission prosecution,…
Malinowski and McLeod statements before UN Committee Against Torture
From the opening statement in Geneva yesterday by Tom Malinowski, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: The United States was founded on the principle…
D.C. Circuit stays (i.e., postpones for at least a couple of months) Thursday’s scheduled CMCR hearing in al-Nashiri
For all of you who were planning to attend tomorrow (Thursday) morning’s Court of Military Commission Review appellate hearing in the al-Nashiri case . . . change of plans:…