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Congratulations to Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, New U.N. Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Countering Terrorism
Just Security‘s editorial board is the bedrock of our success. Its members provide indispensable commentary and analysis on which our readers rely to make sense of the latest…
Ron Wyden Lights the Batsignal
There’s a reason privacy advocates are fond of Sen. Ron Wyden, and its not just because he routinely champions legislation aimed at protecting civil liberties. From his…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, June 26-June 30
Monday, June 26 3:00pm – Senate Armed Services Committee – Markup of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Closed) (here) Tuesday, June…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 17-23)
I. The Trump Administration’s Civil Service Ned Price, Hyping the Terrorist Threat: Trump Makes an Old Problem Worse (Friday, June 23) II. The Trump-Russia Investigations…
Congress’s 2001 AUMF as Legal Basis for US Shootdown of Syrian Jet
It is not that much of a stretch to say that Congress’s 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) provides a legal basis for the U.S. shootdown of a Syrian jet,…
The Potential Legal Implications for the U.S. in the AP’s Disturbing UAE Torture Scoop
[Editor’s note: for an analysis of the policy issues raised by this news, see Luke Hartig’s post “Reported Emirati Abuse of Detainees and the Perils of U.S. Partnerships.”]…
If You’re Not Already Listening to the National Security Law Podcast…
…now might be a good time to start! Bobby Chesney and I just posted Episode 24 (“An AUMF for Westeros?”), in which, among other things, we discuss the legal authority…
Why It Does Not Matter Who Rachel Brand Is
Last week, amid speculation that Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein may be forced to recuse himself from the expanding Russia investigation – unless he gets fired first –…
On Justice Kennedy’s Flawed and Depressing Narrowing of Constitutional Damages Remedies
On a day on which the Supreme Court (1) agreed to take up the most important partisan gerrymandering case in over a decade; (2) decided a pair of major First Amendment cases (one…
The Making of a Russian Spy: A Roadmap for the FBI to Resolve Russia Gate
James Comey’s testimony has established that either President Donald Trump or the former FBI Director is lying, given the clear discrepancies in their versions of the conversations…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, June 19-23
Tuesday, June 20 9:30am – Senate Committee on Armed Services – Nomination (Deputy Secretary of Defense) (here) 9:30am – House Committee on Homeland Security…
Some Thoughts on the Government’s Latest Filing in the Entry Ban Cases
Last Wednesday, I published a post questioning whether there is any ground for the Supreme Court either to grant the government’s petitions for certiorari in the two “entry…