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The Trump Administration Cannot Use Award Terms and Conditions to Impound Funds
The Impoundment Control Act may prohibit agencies from freezing or terminating funding based on changing policy priorities.
Trump’s Legal Battles Over Jan. 6 Are Still Alive and Relevant
A breakdown of the civil cases that will still proceed against President Trump, with new rounds of briefs due on Weds.
What explains the three-year delay on the Slahi habeas petition?
As Ben Wittes notes over at Lawfare, last week Judge Royce Lamberth denied a motion by habeas petitioner Mohamedou Ould Slahi to require the Department of Defense to expedite…
A FOIA Circuit Split That the Supreme Court Needs To Resolve
On Friday, January 8, the Supreme Court will consider a petition for certiorari in EPIC v. DHS, a lawsuit by the Electronic Privacy and Information Center (EPIC) under the Freedom…
Letters to the Editor on End-of-War Claims from Guantánamo Detainees
My post from last Thursday has provoked a pair of letters-to-the-editor from lawyers for current and former Guantánamo detainees. Below the fold, I reprint them in full, and…
Has the Government Conceded that Courts Can Review Detainees’ End-of-War Claims?
The first article I published after law school was a little piece in the January 2006 issue of the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, focusing on the then-hypothetical…
Does Klayman Need to Cross-Appeal Judge Leon’s Ruling?
In yesterday’s post, I explained why, in my view, the far more vulnerable aspect of Judge Leon’s Monday ruling issuing a preliminary injunction against the bulk telephony…
Judge Leon and the Shocking Scope of the NSA’s Surveillance Program
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s decision on Monday finding that the NSA’s telephony metadata program is likely unconstitutional is a welcome and important recognition…
Why the Constitutional Holding in Klayman Wasn’t Necessary
24 hours later, Judge Leon’s 68-page opinion issuing (and then staying) a preliminary injunction against the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program continues to generate…
Judge Leon Enjoins Bulk Metadata Program; Stays Ruling Pending Appeal
Things just got interesting here in D.C. In a ruling issued earlier today, Judge Richard Leon has held that Larry Klayman and Charles Strange have standing to challenge the bulk…
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