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Al-Adahi v. Obama; Gherebi v. Obama; forthcoming scholarship

1. Al-Adahi v. Obama (D.D.C. Feb. 12, 2009) (Kessler, J.) Judge Kessler has issued an opinion concluding that the government’s “search” obligation when it comes to identifying and disclosing potentially relevant information runs to information reviewed in connection with any GTMO habeas factual return (not just the return for a particular detainee), but that the… Continue reading Al-Adahi v. Obama; Gherebi v. Obama; forthcoming scholarship

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Symmetry and Selectivity: What Happens in International Law When the World Changes Chicago Journal of International Law, (forthcoming) Paul B. Stephan (Univ. of Virginia – Law) This article has a simple hypothesis: Selectivity in international law increases as international relations become more symmetrical. Conversely, international law becomes more universal as asymmetry grows. This relation holds… Continue reading forthcoming scholarship

Today’s executive orders on GTMO, interrogation, detention, and Al-Marri

* Today’s executive orders on GTMO, CIA detention and interrogation, and the Al-Marri case Attached are copies of the four new executive orders.  A brief overview of each follows below.  The long and short of it is that a variation of the NSC principals’ committee will have 6 months to come up with new policies… Continue reading Today’s executive orders on GTMO, interrogation, detention, and Al-Marri