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Three Reasons Why You Should Care About the Fourth Circuit’s Wikimedia Ruling
At any other moment in the recent past, Tuesday’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA would have been a much bigger…
Restating the Law on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death: The 2016 Minnesota Protocol
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva (OHCHR) on 24 May 2017 announced the release of the 2016 Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of…
Preview: Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing (5/24) on Cross-Border Access to Data
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Crime, spearheaded by Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), will be holding a hearing on a…
Fourth Circuit Holds Wikimedia Has Standing to Challenge Upstream Surveillance
In a major ruling handed down this morning, the Fourth Circuit has reversed a district court ruling from last year and held that Wikimedia has Article III standing, at least at…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, May 22-26
Tuesday, May 23 9:30am – Senate Armed Services Committee – Worldwide Threats (here) 2:00pm – House Committee on Homeland Security– Visa Overstays: A Gap in the Nation’s…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (May 15-19)
I. The Trump-Russia Investigation Alex Whiting, A Prosecutor’s View: The Evidence of Trump’s Obstruction is Now Compelling (Wednesday, May 17) Andy Wright, The Comey Memorandum…
U.S. Strike in Syria: The (Non) Legal Issues and Lingering Questions
Officials with the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve (the coalition task force organized to defeat ISIS in Syria and Iraq) have now confirmed that U.S.-led…
Hundreds of foreigners are fighting for UAE in Yemen—How war crimes trials may deter them
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen continues to eye a takeover of the Port of Hodeida, which has been under the control of the Houthi rebels since they forced President Abd Rabbuh…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, May 15-19
Tuesday, May 16 10:00am – Senate Committee on Foreign Relations – Business Meeting (here) 2:30pm – Senate Committee on Intelligence – Intelligence Matters (Closed) (here)…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (May 8-12)
I. Comey Firing Philip Bobbitt, The Comey Firing and the Rule of Law (Tuesday, May, 9) Marty Lederman, An Odd and (perhaps) Telling Omission in the Rosenstein Memo [UPDATED] (Tuesday,…
President Trump: Don’t Replace Andrew McCabe
Yesterday, James’ Comey’s former deputy, now Acting Director of the FBI, Andrew McCabe, demonstrated that he, too, is willing to speak his mind (read: will not be…
Did Trump Engage in the Obstruction of Justice? The Special Reasons for a Special Prosecutor
Many have now raised the question as to whether the President (and perhaps others advising him) engaged in the obstruction of justice. To use the words of the statute, did Trump…