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Biden Team’s Litigation Tactics on Guantanamo Undercut Biden Policy to Close the Prison
The administration's new moves before Supreme Court raise questions about whether it will more broadly decline to use straightforward tools to close Guantanamo and end indefinite…

We Do Need to Reform the Supreme Court
Why introducing a term limit or a mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court justices is needed.

Upcoming Cases Provide Opportunities to Reassess the Application of the Due Process Clause at Guantanamo
Recognizing the Due Process Clause’s application at Guantanamo will help refocus litigation on the question of whether the remaining detainees pose such a significant threat…

KBR v. SFO: the United Kingdom’s Microsoft Ireland?
U.K. law enforcement agencies lack power to compel foreign companies to hand over overseas data. What does the decision mean for data sharing?

We Don’t Need to Reform the Supreme Court
Politicization of the judiciary in the name of correcting the politicization of the judiciary is a bad policy foundation.

Authoritarian Populism, Courts and Democratic Erosion
The uniquely strong American judicial system managed to hold the line and, ultimately, fend off Donald Trump’s assault on U.S. institutions.

The Meaning of the Supreme Court’s Ruling in Germany v. Philipp
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court decided Germany v. Philipp, a Holocaust expropriation case brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA). Writing for a unanimous Court,…

Through the Looking Glass, Darkly: The Supreme Court’s Muslim Travel Ban Decision
Although the Muslim travel ban has now been consigned to the dustbin of history, it is worth reflecting how the Supreme Court’s decision already looks in retrospect.

Incitement to Violence Ain’t Free Speech
The First Amendment protects abstract appeals for illegal actions. But there can and should be criminal liability for speech that incites the likely and imminent risk of violence.…

Impeachment Defense, the Constitution, and Bill of Rights
The question at the moment isn’t whether the president could be charged with incitement to violence in criminal court.

Nestlé & Cargill v. Doe Series: Remedying the Corporate Accountability Gap at the ICC
[Editor’s Note: This article is part of a Just Security series on the consolidated cases of Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I and Cargill Inc. v. Doe I, which was argued before…

Judges Doing What Judges Do: A Unified Theory of the 2020 Election Season
Dozens of judges, from all political persuasions, uniformly rejected the extravagant claims of President Donald Trump to set aside the presidential election results, or to compel…