Updates Pending: The Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in the Microsoft Ireland Case
By: Jen Goss, November 13, 2017 In October, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in the case of United States v. Microsoft Corp. A...
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Nov 5, 20175 min read
Kaspersky, the NSA, and Data Breaches: Bad Security Practices
By Ryan Johnston – November 5, 2017 The NSA is one of the foremost agencies responsible for collecting data in the United States, but it...
Oct 28, 20179 min read
Pressure on Jordan: Refusal to extradite mastermind of deadly 2001 Sbarro suicide bombing in Jerusal
By Michelle Munneke, J.D. 2017, American University Washington College of Law. In March of this year, Jordan expressed its refusal to...
Oct 7, 20174 min read
Legal Implications of Detaining the Latest American Enemy Combatant
By Annica Mae Mattus It is around four weeks since the Department of Defense announced an American citizen is being detained by American...
Sep 15, 20174 min read
The Cost of Nuclear Weapons in the Interest of National Security
By Katherine Youssouf Restricting the Means & Methods of Warfare In 1863, Russian military authorities developed an explosive rifle...
Dec 3, 20164 min read
Coming Home Again: Prisoner Release in Light of the Geneva Convention
By Kara Kozikowski A POW/MIA flag flies over Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 15, 2014, in remembrance of the nation’s prisoners of...
Dec 1, 20163 min read
Punitive Strikes, Keeping the Seas Safe
By Prescott Heighton Freedom of the seas and their safe navigation has been a fundamental principle of American international relations...
Nov 26, 20164 min read
Sunset Provisions: Providing Parameters for the Use of Military Force
By Anthony Bjelke A recent article in The New Yorker examined the difficulties associated with defining America’s War on Drugs. As a...
Nov 19, 20165 min read
The Implications of the Federal Definition of Domestic Terrorism
By Natalie Holland On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof attacked the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, North Carolina...
Nov 19, 20164 min read
Sadly, Trump Could Use Executive Authority to Ban Muslims from Entering U.S.
By Joshua Arons In a disappointing turn of events, Donald Trump, the recently elected President of the United States could ban Muslims or...
Nov 10, 20165 min read
Ransomware: The Limitations of the Legal System
By: Ryan Johnston, November 10, 2016 Ransomware is on the rise; while is not a new form of cyber attack, the tools to launch ransomware...
Mar 18, 20143 min read
The Optic Nerve Program Meets the NSA
Three United States Senators and members of the Senate Intelligence Committee are among many Americans who recently discovered that the...
Mar 9, 20143 min read
Violation of Privacy or Protection of Citizens?
Being free from unreasonable searches and seizures has always been viewed as part of a fundamental right in our society. Airport...
Dec 3, 20132 min read
Warrantless Wiretapping Fallout Continues
Earlier this year, a Somali-American man, Mohamed Mohamud, was convicted of trying to use a weapon of mass destruction at a Christmas...
Nov 9, 20134 min read
Privacy vs. Security: Analyzing Rep. Rogers’ Comments about Privacy in the Context of Blanket NSA Su
On October 29, 2013, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence held public hearings regarding NSA surveillance of U.S. citizens, and...
Mar 27, 20133 min read
Drones and Unintended Consequences
The introduction of new technology to warfare holds the potential for unforeseen consequences as the law and norms regulating the use of...
Mar 22, 20133 min read
Legal Fight Over Release of Bin Laden Photos Won't Die
Audiences of “Zero Dark Thirty,” an Oscar-nominated film about the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden and the May 2011 operation by...
Feb 7, 20135 min read
Establishing A Legal Framework to Hold Private Security Contractors Accountable
Ever since the Vietnam War, the US has increasingly relied on private contractors to support overseas military efforts. Private...
Feb 3, 20135 min read
Lifting the Veil of Secrecy: Reformed Military Commissions Ready to Try 9/11 Suspects
On April 4th, 2012 the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that five 9/11 suspects- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih...
Dec 27, 201227 min read
Syria and chemical weapons laws
So what are the chemical weapons laws President Obama is speaking of? The fear of chemical weapons predated their manufacture....
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