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The “British Invasion” of U.S. Counterterrorism Policy? On the “ISIS Beatles” Case
By Michael Thompson On October 7, the Department of Justice announced an indictment against two members of the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Nov 6, 20203 min read
Justice Continues: Benghazi Masterminds Serving Time
By Sasha Brisbon On September 11, 2012, heavily armed Islamist militants launched an organized attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in...
Apr 22, 20205 min read
Bank Liability under JASTA: The Knowledge/Awareness Requirement of Financial Institutions
By Mimi Derle The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (“JASTA”) was passed by Congress in 2016, giving U.S. citizens the ability to...
Nov 25, 20194 min read
Challenging Conditions of Confinement at Guantanamo Bay: Habeas Litigation in Aamer v. Obama
By: Katherine Youssouf Two months after September 11, 2001, President Bush, invoking his authority as Commander-in-Chief under Article...
Jan 13, 20193 min read
Harlem Suarez and the Standard for Entrapment
By: Andrew Glenn On July 25, 2015, a team of FBI agents broke cover with guns drawn and surrounded a white Toyota Camry in a Benihana...
Apr 2, 20183 min read
The Guantanamo Bay Executive Order
By: Rachel Bauer Guantanamo Bay will continue to stay open and active. On January 30, 2018, President Trump signed an Executive Order,...
Mar 28, 20183 min read
Creation of a National Security Court
By: Sarah Watkins Following the recent terror attack in New York, President Donald Trump expressed his desire to send the suspected...
Jan 24, 20182 min read
The Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act and Implications on Foreign Sovereign Immunity
By Robb Davies Following the enactment of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) in September 2016, U.S. law permits...
Dec 19, 20174 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 28, 20179 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...
Oct 7, 20174 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, 20165 min read
Difficulties in Prosecuting Islamic State Members Under International Law
Since its emergence in 2013, The Islamic State has used increasingly violent tactics in an attempt to establish a worldwide caliphate.[i]...
Apr 28, 20165 min read
Exporting Torture – The Legal Loophole of Extraordinary Rendition
On September 26, 2002, Maher Arar, a dual citizen of Canada and Syria, was en route from Tunisia to Montreal in order to attend a...
Nov 9, 20153 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...
Dec 3, 20132 min read
The Quirin Jury-Trial Exception Should be Expanded
The D.C. Circuit is currently debating whether to expand the jurisdiction of military commissions in al Bahlul v. United States. After...
Nov 26, 20133 min read
The Necessity of a Federal Law for the Prosecution of Foreign Combatants
The trend of warfare in the last century speaks to future conflicts continuing to be less traditional and involving questions that are...
Dec 21, 20123 min read
Terrorist Attack Thwarted, Media Coverage Negligible
“This is not ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ where the Queen said ‘First the punishment then the trial. This is America, where everyone is...
Nov 27, 20123 min read
9/11 pretrial hearings debate rules for Constitution's applicability
Last month as President Barack Obama reiterated his desire to close the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba detention center, government lawyers and...
Nov 25, 20124 min read
U.S. Military to Set War Crimes Precedent with Ali Musa Daqduq
The New York Times recently reported that the Office of Military Commissions has commenced filing charges against Ali Musa Daqduq...
Mar 5, 20123 min read
Vanishing Ruling Gives Insight Into the Redaction Process
On March 16, 2010, Judge Henry Kennedy, Jr., of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., granted a habeas petition for the release of...
Oct 13, 20102 min read
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