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The Just Security Podcast: A Fourth Amendment Privacy Paradox

The third-party paradox has massive implications for privacy rights and raises important questions about how to challenge the government’s request for information that might…
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Resolving Carpenter’s Third-Party Paradox (Part I – The Paradox)

Part I of a series discussing the digital-privacy paradox emerging from a Fourth Amendment revolution in Carpenter v. United States.
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Congress Should Pass the SAFEGUARD Act to Overhaul Arms Sales Law and Protect Human Rights

The SAFEGUARD Act provides a pathway for Congress to push for accountability for the violence linked to U.S. arms sales.
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Analyzing Previously Undisclosed Use of Force Reports: Challenges of Congressional Oversight of the War on Terror

The executive branch, through noncompliance and defiance, has delayed providing Congress with sufficient information on the war on terror.
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How the Expansion of “Self-Defense” Has Undermined Constraints on the Use of Force

Legal Scholar Oona Hathaway examines how expansive U.S. interpretations of "self-defense" have shaped international law.
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Senator Tuberville’s Folly, and the Senate’s

Senator Tuberville's hold on nominations in the U.S. armed forces underscores longstanding problems with the confirmation process.
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Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part II: Prescription

Leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh presents a long-term strategy for ending the "war on terror."
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Introduction to Symposium: Ending Perpetual War

Marking the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, our new Symposium reflects on the enduring legacies of the "war on terror" and prospects for finally leaving the war path.
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Finally Ending America’s Forever War, Part I: Diagnosis

On the 22nd anniversary of 9/11, leading legal scholar Harold Hongju Koh offers a grim diagnosis of how we got here and the challenges ahead.
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How to Get Away With Crimes Against Humanity: The Statutory Gap in US Law

Congress can bring justice for victims of crimes against humanity by passing a statute with universal jurisdiction.
STRAIT OF HORMUZ (Aug. 6, 2023) An L3 Harris Arabian Fox MAST-13 unmanned surface vessel, front, the U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) transit the Strait of Hormuz, Aug. 6, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo)

Renewed Tensions in the Persian Gulf: Further War Powers Lessons from the Tanker War

The possibility of unilateral use of force spiraling into conflict in the Middle East should generate a sense of urgency on Capitol Hill for tackling war powers reform.
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The House Tackles Zombie War Authorizations: Possibilities and Perils

Congress is trying to reassert itself after more than two decades of acquiescence to executive branch overreach on matters of war and peace.
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