Blurring the Civilian-Combatant Line: Legal Implications of Deploying U.S. Civilian Mariners in the Libyan Theater
LT Elan R. Ghazal and Manik V. Suri explore the growing civilian integration in the U.S. armed forces
Restraining Habeas: Boumediene, Kiyemba, and the Limits of Remedial Authority
As three Uighurs remain in Guantanamo, Daniel J. Feith finds that the D.C. Circuit ruling that kept them there is surprisingly consistent with Boumediene.
Obama: Peacemaker to Warrior?
From Obama the peacemaker and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize to fearsome warrior ruthlessly killing terrorists
History, Hamdan, and Happenstance: “Conspiracy by Two or More To Violate the Laws of War by Destroying Life or Property in Aid of the Enemy”
In June 2006, a plurality of the Supreme Court in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld determined that the Government failed to make a colorable case for the inclusion of conspiracy among those offenses cognizable by law-of-war military commission. The plurality’s reasoning was largely based on its survey of domestic law sources and precedents. That survey, however, was inaccurate and incomplete.
