Recent Articles
The Early Edition: February 2, 2017
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. The MUSLIM BAN The Office…
Episode 2 of the New National Security Law Podcast
Still no music, but Bobby Chesney and I have posted Episode 2 of our new National Security Law Podcast, “If You Thought That Last Executive Order Was Controversial…”…
In The Trump administration, Islamophobia Is Truly A Family Affair
With the arrival of Sebastian Gorka at the White House, another Islamophobe has joined Team Trump. But first, some background on the significance of this latest personnel move.…
Police Militarization in the Trump Era
Since his swearing in, President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of controversial Executive Orders. One frequently overlooked yet dramatically important issue that has yet to…
Executive (Dis)order and Refugees—The Trump Policy’s Blindness to International Law
President Trump says that his recent executive order on immigration is required by national security concerns. More specifically, he has said that its goal is to screen out “radical…
The Early Edition: February 1, 2017
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. The MUSLIM BAN Donald Trump’s…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, February 1-2
Wednesday, February 1 9:40am – Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs – Business Meeting (here) 10:00am – House Committee on Oversight and Government…
Yates Letter Points to Evidence Showing Executive Order Unconstitutional
As Acting Attorney General, Sally Yates dropped a bombshell late Monday, telling Justice Department employees that the DOJ would not defend Trump’s executive order on “immigrants…
How Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration Violates Religious Freedom Laws
The ACLU and other lawyers are filing complaints across the country against Trump’s executive order on immigration. Yet these lawsuits do not always bring the strongest—or…
Why Trump’s Selection of the Seven Countries is Not the Same as Obama’s
On Friday, President Trump’s Executive Order barred individuals from seven, predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States. The legal and moral flaws in the…
Sally Yates Did the Right Thing
As everyone knows by now, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates determined yesterday that, so long as she was Acting Attorney General, “the Department of Justice will not present…
The Early Edition: January 31, 2017
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. The MUSLIM BAN Acting Attorney…