Trevor Morrison is the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law and the Faculty Co-Chair of the Hertog Program on Law and National Security at Columbia Law School. He teaches and writes about constitutional law, federal courts, and national security law. A former law clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the United States Supreme Court, he served in the Justice Department's Office of the Solicitor General and Office of Legal Counsel before entering academia. More recently, for 2009 he served in the White House Counsel's Office as Associate Counsel to the President. Full bio »
The problems that Rick recently identified with how both the DOJ White Paper and its critics treat the concept of “imminence” — specifically, that they are borrowing a concept generated in a domestic law context that depends on a set … Read more »
I’m pleased to report that a group of former Obama Administration lawyers (including yours truly) has just submitted to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence a letter expressing our strong support for John Brennan’s nomination to be Director of the … Read more »
I appreciate Jack’s follow-up post on the larger picture of the Obama administration’s counterterrorism policies and their points of continuity with the Bush administration (though only the late Bush, as he properly underscores). Jack and I agree on much more … Read more »
I agree with much of what Jack says in his recent post about the counterterrorism issues likely to face President Obama in his second term. But there’s one aspect of how Jack frames the discussion that I disagree with somewhat. … Read more »
Steve, Ben, Jack, and Bobby have already posted some excellent thoughts on the DC Circuit’s decision in Hamdan II. I agree with many of them. In particular, I think Jack is right to suggest that, wholly … Read more »
As Bobby noted previously, Rep. Adam Smith and others are proposing amendments to this year’s NDAA that would make certain changes to the detention-related provisions implemented by last year’s NDAA. Among other things, the Smith Amendment would effectively prohibit the … Read more »
The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent poses an interesting question: If elected, does Mitt Romney intend to revoke President Obama’s January 22, 2009 executive order on interrogation?
The order largely restricts U.S. interrogators to the techniques authorized by the … Read more »
Very glad to have joined the Lawfare team. I look forward to more sustained blogging once the spring grading season is over. For now, I’ll offer just a quick thought on the speech John Brennan delivered yesterday, and on the … Read more »
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Department of Justice’s Inspector General released an interim report on the Department’s handling of “known or suspected” terrorists who have entered the government’s witness protection program. The report found, among other things, that information on some program participants had not been turned over to no-fly list authorities; and, that two such people could not be located—though one… Read more »
