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A Response to David Luban
This following is a reply from Guest Author John Fabian Witt in response to a book review published earlier today by David Luban on Witt’s new book Lincoln’s Code: The…

Book Review — Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History
In our Books We’ve Read section, Just Security frequently provides in-depth summaries of books related to national security law and policy.  These summaries are meant…

Recap: A Mid-Week Guide to Posts on Just Security (Sept. 28-Oct. 2)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Jennifer Granick, Reforming FISA: A Critical Look at the Wyden/Udall Proposal and Foreign Surveillance (Monday, Sept. 30) Jennifer Granick, Intelligence…

Debate (Round 1): The ‘Lutte’ Against Terrorism
This post is the first in a series from Gabor Rona, Geoffrey Corn, and Just Security’s Derek Jinks. The debate addresses a fundamental question for US national security law:…

Recap of the Week’s Posts on Just Security (Sept. 23-27)
I. Surveillance and Data Collection Jennifer Granick, Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment (Monday, Sept. 23) Orin Kerr, Debate: Metadata and the Fourth Amendment – A Reply…

The Other, Lurking Constitutional Question in al-Bahlul
I would add only one thing to Jen’s thorough summary of the al-Bahlul argument next Monday, about something she references at the very end of her post:  Besides ex post…

Are Journalists in Danger of Prosecution for Espionage?
Following up on Steve’s post, and in timely anticipation of Just Security’s event this afternoon, I was struck by Gabriel Schoenfeld’s somewhat fevered suggestion that the…

The Espionage Act and National Security Reporting
Liberals and conservatives seem to agree that the Obama administration has been waging a “war against the press.”  On the Left, we have Salon and the Huffington Post condemning,…

Are Internet Backbone Pen Registers Constitutional?
Between Edward Snowden’s ongoing leaks and a series of frankly unprecedented disclosures by the government itself, the public now knows quite a bit about the NSA’s…

Flip Flops?: The Conflict with Al Qaeda Is (Not) a War
Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, President George W. Bush justified several military actions on the ground that the United States was now in an armed conflict with Al…

Lawfare Podcast with Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck
In case you missed it, this morning Benjamin Wittes of Lawfare sat down with our co-Editors-in-Chief, Ryan Goodman and Steve Vladeck, to discuss the launch of Just Security.…

Welcome to Just Security!
Welcome to Just Security! We are delighted you found your way here, and we hope that you will return regularly. If you’re reading this, chances are that you’re interested in…