by Kevin Jon Heller | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15
Kevin Jon Heller[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] The idea that using “killer robots” in armed conflict is unacceptable because they are not human is at the heart of nearly every critique of autonomous weapons. Some of those critiques are...
by Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.) | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15
Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., USAF (Ret.)[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] In response to the September 2022 open letter, “To Support and Defend: Principles of Civilian Control and Best Practices of Civil-Military Relations,” by eight former...
by Christopher Mirasola | Dec 15, 2023 | Main Articles, Volume 15
Christopher Mirasola[*] [This essay is available in PDF at this link] In this article, I contest two theories of inherent presidential power, rooted in Article II, to use the military to respond to domestic unrest during peacetime. This question is more contested than...
