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Judge Watson Kicks the Can Up the Stairs, to the SCOTUS, on Entry of Grandparents and Immigrants
[UPDATE Friday afternoon: Here’s Hawaii’s emergency motion to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Hawaii argues that Judge Walton was obligated to resolve the clarification…
Fragmented Wars: International Law and Multi-Territorial Conflict Against Non-State Armed Groups
The legal issues surrounding military operations against non-State armed groups abroad are continuing to generate policy and legal debates. In an article just published in International…
July 4th at Just Security
Just Security is on an abbreviated schedule today and tomorrow with a lower volume of posts than normal in honor of the July 4th holiday. If any major, time-sensitive developments…
Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (June 26-30)
I. Iran Eric Pelofsky, Tillerson’s “Peaceful” Regime Change for Iran: Really? And What Comes Next? (Monday, June 26) Barbara Slavin, A Clash in Syria Could Jeopardize…
Pentagon Admits Major Investigation Flaw: They Rarely Talk to Air Strike Witnesses or Victims
In a transcript of a Pentagon Press Briefing, released this week by Airwars, Central Command’s Deputy Director for Operations made a striking admission about U.S. investigations…
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…