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Sens. Cardin and Murphy Offer Up Bill to Sunset 2001 AUMF

Sens. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced legislation today to sunset the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) against al-Qaeda. This comes…
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What do Public Opinion Polls on President’s AUMF Proposal Really Say?

It is important to read beneath the headlines and initial interpretations of a new NBC News/Marist poll that surveys public opinion on President Obama’s proposal for a congressional…
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Obama’s Forever War Starts Now

Ed Note. This piece also appears in Foreign Policy. When President Barack Obama announced the start of a U.S.-led bombing campaign in Iraq against the Islamic State on Aug. 7,…
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Key Questions for Today’s Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing With Nicholas Rasmussen

Sen Richard Burr (R-NC), the new chair of the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, has announced that he plans to hold a public committee hearing this afternoon. This is welcome…
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Suggestions for clarifying/amending the President’s draft ISIL AUMF

It’s a good start.  If enacted, the draft Authorization for Use of Military Force that President Obama proposed yesterday would not materially affect the way in which the…
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Reader’s Guide to Just Security Analysis for an ISIL AUMF [Updated]

I. Design of the ISIL-Specific AUMF Avoiding Unnecessary Wars and Preserving Accountability: Principles for an ISIL-Specific AUMF (Ryan Goodman & Steve Vladeck: Nov. 10, 2014)…
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Don’t Overvalue a Sunset in the AUMF: Start Talking About the Conditions When Wars Could End

More than six months after American bombs started falling in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama has finally submitted his proposal for authorizing the military campaign targeting…
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Video of How to End the Forever War and Fight ISIL: Q&A with Harold Koh

How can the United States wind down operations in Afghanistan responsibly? Is there likely to be an end to “armed conflict” with al Qaeda anytime soon? What role does…
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White House Sends Proposed ISIL AUMF to Congress (full text)

Today, the White House is sending a proposed draft of an Islamic State-specific authorization for the use of military force (AUMF) to Congress. Expect more on this in the days…
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Letter to President Obama on 2001 AUMF Sunset

Earlier today, a group of legal experts–including Rosa Brooks, Sarah Cleveland, Jen Daskal, Walter Dellinger, Ryan Goodman, Rebecca Ingber, Harold Koh, and I–sent a letter…
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Challenging the Guantánamo Narrative: “Too Dangerous to Transfer”

This post is the latest installment of our Monday Reflections feature in which a different Just Security editor takes an in-depth look at the big stories from the previous…
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“Gag order” on Military Commission defendants substantially lifted

Very important and welcome news from Guantánamo Bay:  The defendants in military commissions cases and their counsel are now free to discuss their interrogations and conditions…
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