Closing Guantanamo is only the first step, Claire Finkelstein writes
In an opinion for Smerconish, CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein discusses three areas of military law and policy that the Biden administration should focus on to “set the country on a path to restoring integrity to U.S. detention policy.”
Opinion by Richard Painter on Trump’s campaign financing
In his latest MSNBC opinion, CERL Advisory Council Members Richard Painter describes the foreign and domestic coalition Trump is assembling to run for office. He writes, “If we do not make wise decisions in those elections in spite of this knowledge, 2025 could bring an entirely new chapter in American history, and not one that […]
Restoring the rule of law to US targeted killing operations
Russia-Ukraine: Resolving the world’s most dangerous conflict
China’s real challenge is not military
Karen Greenberg covers CERL’s 13 recommendations to close GTMO
Terror as public policy: How terrorism breeds terror policies
US response options to growing Houthi attacks according to Gen. Votel and others
Why members of Congress should not trade stocks
The Protecting Our Democracy Act provides for enforcement of the emoluments clauses
CERL Advisory Council member Mary Ellen O’Connell responds to the Fakhoury family’s efforts to sue Lebanon
Executive Board Emeritus Dell Dailey writes about Putin’s threat to invade Ukraine
CERL faculty director in podcast on Guantanamo 20 years on
CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein reflects on Guantanamo Bay in the inaugural episode of the Yale Policy Perspectives podcast.
CERL interim executive director speaks with TRT World about interrogation at Guantanamo
“Until we come to grips with [the blatant torture that has been part of U.S. policy], we will never be able to restore the rule of law within the United States,” said Mark Fallon.
Newsweek coverage of CERL’s 13 recommendations to close Guantanamo
CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein and CERL Executive Board member Harvey Rishikof, both co-chairs of the CERL Working Group that authored 13 recommendations to close Guantanamo, are quoted in this article.
Mark Fallon talks with The Newsmakers about what it will take to close GTMO
He explains that CERL’s 13 recommendations aim to “bring suspected terrorists to justice, restore the rule of law, and move away from this failed experiment of Guantanamo Bay, because it is not in the best interest of our national or global security.”
Could a new government report spell felony charges for Trump?
An op-ed for Slate by Claire Finkelstein and CERL Advisory Council member Richard Painter
The Biden administration’s moment of truth on torture evidence
An opinion for Just Security by CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein among others calling for the President and senior administration officials to join in Al-Nashiri’s petition
On executive privilege, Mark Meadows has just about everything wrong
Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s indictment and arrest are a win for the rule of law
Footnote from Greece on Veterans Day 2021
CERL Board Member Brig Gen. (Ret.) Stephen Xenakis reflects on Veterans Day in this Hill op-ed.
Letter from former high-ranking national security officials to Congress: Election subversion poses national security threat
Trump v. Thompson: Brief Amici Curiae of former DoJ officials in support of Appellees
Tolling the statute of limitations to prosecute a former president: a double-edged sword
An opinion for Lawfare by CERL Faculty Director Claire Finkelstein and CERL Advisory Council member Richard Painter
AG Garland must appoint special counsel to hold Trump and others accountable
CERL Advisory Council member Richard Painter calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor in this MSNBC column
Trump had a sweeping view of ‘executive privilege.’ Now Biden is defending it.
A Washington Post op-ed by Claire Finkelstein and CERL Advisory Council member Richard Painter
Flynn denies he suggested a military coup on the US
CERL Advisory Council member Richard Painter tells CNN that Michael Flynn’s “call for a coup” cannot be accepted
To oversee or to overrule: What is the role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court under FISA Section 702?
CERL Advisory Council member George Croner wrote this Lawfare article
Many Trump employees got away with power abuses. Mike Pompeo shouldn’t be one of them.
Read this MSNBC opinion by CERL advisory council member Richard Painter