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Veterans Day
Just Security would like to say thank you to all veterans and their families on this Veterans Day. We will be on a slightly abbreviated schedule today with a lower volume of posts…
News Roundup and Notes: November 11, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA The U.S.…
Avoiding Unnecessary Wars and Preserving Accountability: Principles for an ISIL-Specific AUMF
Earlier today, a group of legal experts–including Rosa Brooks, Sarah Cleveland, Jen Daskal, Walter Dellinger, Harold Koh, and Marty Lederman–released a set of “Principles…
Passing the Senate Gavels
Editors’ Note: The following post is the tenth installment of a new feature, “Monday Reflections,” in which a different Just Security editor will take an in-depth look…
Reauthorize the AUMF: Clever strategies to limit presidential power are constitutional, but unwise
Now that the Midterms elections are in the books, it should be possible to focus once again on an unresolved issue that has generated massive angst on both sides of the political…
News Roundup and Notes: November 10, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA President…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Nov 1-7)
I. 2014 Elections and the 114th Congress Patrick Eddington, Guest Post: 2014 Congressional Midterms and Surveillance Reform: Races to Watch (Monday, Nov. 3) Patrick Eddington, Guest…
Just Security is Hiring a Communications Director
Just Security is seeking a full-time Communications Director located in either New York City or Washington, DC. Launched in 2013, Just Security is fast becoming a leading digital…
The Problem With Legalism in the Surveillance State
Editor’s note: this post is a preview of ideas raised in an upcoming article by the author, Intelligence Legalism and the National Security Agency’s Civil Liberties Gap,…
ICC Analysis on the Flotilla Incident–Fair & Balanced?
The ICC Prosecutor has now posted her full report and statement on the closure of the “Freedom Flotilla” preliminary examination (see our prior coverage here). It contains…
News Roundup and Notes: November 7, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA American…
Extending Privacy Protections to Foreigners Will Benefit Americans
I wanted to add a few thoughts to Ryan Goodman’s post outlining policy arguments for and against giving foreigners the same privacy protections enjoyed by Americans (at least…