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27 Sep 2014, 6:55 am
Jack noted Charlie Savage’s recent New York Times report on the Obama administration’s legal theory for the use of force against ISIS, and argued that while the theory is on relatively strong legal footing, the administration should have asked Congress to authorize this latest campaign. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 12:38 pm
Based on comments from senior Obama administration officials who spoke on “the condition of anonymity,” Charlie Savage reports the Obama administration’s legal theory for the use of force against the Islamic State. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 12:03 pm
Also at the BBC, Marc Weller, professor of international law at Cambridge, assesses the lingering legal questions surrounding the strikes against ISIS, while at the New York Times, Charlie Savage reports that Senior Obama administration officials claiming that airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, without permission of the Syrian government of UN Security Council, are legal because they were done in defense of Iraq, and because Syria is “unwilling or unable” to deal with… [read post]
19 Sep 2014, 10:16 am
In the New York Times, Charlie Savage, citing our own Jack Goldsmith, writes that Congress’s refusal to act on ISIS could create a precedent that grants the executive branch even greater war powers. [read post]
13 Sep 2014, 3:57 am
Today Charlie Savage reports that “the White House believes that Congress’s 2002 authorization of the Iraq war — and not just the 2001 authorization to fight Al Qaeda — provides a legal justification for President Obama’s air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. [read post]
11 Sep 2014, 10:48 am
” Charlie Savage in the Times covers exactly what this statement means, while the Guardian reports that the administration will invoke the 2001 Authorization for Use of Force, originally passing Congress just days after 9/11. [read post]
2 Sep 2014, 12:19 pm
Breaking News: ISIS has released a video that shows the murder of American journalist Steven Sotloff, the New York Times reports. [read post]
23 Aug 2014, 10:57 am
And it is worth noting that, as a Presidential candidate, Senator Obama told Charlie Savage in 2007 that “military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. [read post]
19 Aug 2014, 7:26 am
The piece comes as a reaction to an earlier New York Times article by Charlie Savage regarding the Order, and the possible collection of intelligence about American citizens. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 11:31 am
Here is the letter (which I happened upon while reading some further coverage from Charlie Savage of the New York Times): Dear Mr. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 8:18 am
The FOIA Suits & the Second Circuit's Decision The case grows out of three Freedom of Information Act requests filed separately by the ACLU and two New York Times reporters, Charlie Savage and Scott Shane, in 2011 and 2012. [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 4:00 am
(According to UN Ambassador Samantha Power’s letterto the UNSC (thanks to Charlie Savage in the NY Times), Abu Khattala is a senior leader of the Libyan militant group Ansar alSharia-Benghazi in Libya, was a key figure in the attack on the U. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 9:59 am
” Charlie Savage points us to a letter from Samantha Power, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to the United National Security Council outlining the Obama administration’s legal justification for the Libya raid. [read post]
11 Jun 2014, 6:35 am
Charlie Savage of the Times reports that John P. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 1:11 pm
The FISC’s designation regime has gained attention since last summer, when Ezra Klein, Charlie Savage and others noted the heavy preponderance of Republican appointees among Chief Justice Roberts’s FISC designees, and legislators introduced several bills to change the designation process. [read post]
4 Jun 2014, 9:05 am
Charlie Savage of the Times informs us that the relatives of three U.S. citizens killed in drone strikes—Anwar al-Awlaki, his son, Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, and Samir Khan—have decided not to appeal Judge Rosemary Collyer’s dismissal of their lawsuit against Obama administration officials. [read post]
29 May 2014, 5:16 am
Briefly: In The New York Times, Charlie Savage reports on the federal government’s apparent effort to “find a middle course” in its invitation brief in Arab Bank v. [read post]
22 May 2014, 9:23 am
Ben breaks down the proposal, and Charlie Savage of the New York Times and Siobhan Gorman of the Wall Street Journal have stories. [read post]
21 May 2014, 12:03 pm
Over at the New York Times, Charlie Savage has a good story about civil libertarian irritation over the latest version of the “USA FREEDOM Act,” H.R. 3361—which he has also posted. [read post]
15 May 2014, 12:05 pm
” Today we learn, courtesy of this story by the New York Times’s Charlie Savage, that the Administration has submitted its answers to congressional overseers. [read post]
