“Designing Detention: A Model Law for Terrorist Incapacitation” Forthcoming in the edited volume Legislating the War on Terror: An Agenda for Reform (summer 2009) (Brookings Institution) (Benjamin Wittes, ed.) Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Brookings (Governance Studies) Colleen A. Peppard A consensus is beginning to emerge in the public and political spheres concerning the non-criminal detention… Continue reading forthcoming scholarship
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Ashcroft v. Iqbal; upcoming events; forthcoming scholarship
[note: some of you have inquired recently to ensure the list is running correctly, prompted by the low volume of recent posts. Not to worry; the drop-off in volume just reflects some competing work obligations that will have an impact between now and late July. From late July onward, things will be back to normal… Continue reading Ashcroft v. Iqbal; upcoming events; forthcoming scholarship
Amidax Trading v. S.W.I.F.T.; forthcoming scholarship
Judge Castel has granted a motion to dismiss a would-be class action directed against SWIFT (a consortium in the business of facilitating international banking transfers), the Treasury Department, CIA, and other defendants, arising out of reports that the U.S. government obtained data from SWIFT as part of its post-9/11 counterterrorism efforts. The core of the… Continue reading Amidax Trading v. S.W.I.F.T.; forthcoming scholarship