How the State Secrets Doctrine Undermines Democracy
Editor’s note: This mini-symposium on the Abu Zubaydah decision, rendered by the Supreme Court on March 3, 2022, raises important issues about the state secrets doctrine and transparency in democratic governance. The first two pieces are reprinted with permission from the original publishers. All posts are available here. This opinion was originally published on Bloomberg […]
State Secrets and the Blinding of Justice
Editor’s note: This mini-symposium on the Abu Zubaydah decision, rendered by the Supreme Court on March 3, 2022, raises important issues about the state secrets doctrine and transparency in democratic governance. The first two pieces are reprinted with permission from the original publishers. All posts are available here. This opinion was originally published on SpyTalk. […]
Mary Ellen O’Connell comments on the Ukraine trials in an interview for The Associated Press
The Darkened Hour: Podcast interview with Mark Fallon
Opinion for The Hill: Mass shootings highlight our failure in mental health
An opinion for The Hill by Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Stephen N. Xenakis, M.D., member of the CERL Executive Board
Gen. Votel comments on counterterrorism strategy for Afghanistan
New opinion for Lawfare by George Croner on trends under FISA
An opinion for Lawfare by CERL Advisory Council member George Croner
Trying Shishimarin could prove “extremely detrimental to Ukrainian soldiers in the hands of Russia,” said Prof. O’Connell
Opinion for Slate: The DOJ is finally asking the Jan. 6 committee for help
New opinion for Slate by Dennis Aftergut, Norman L. Eisen, and CERL Executive Board member Stuart Gerson
Abortion is the latest in a rollback of rights, according to a new opinion by Prof. Roosevelt
Georgetown Law, UPenn co-host symposium on the legacy of the U.S. torture regime
Prof. Roosevelt comments on trust in the Supreme Court after the leak
Lt. Gen. Clapper discusses accusations that the U.S. is fighting a proxy war in Ukraine
Prof. Roosevelt discusses the leaked draft majority opinion overruling Roe v. Wade
Mark Fallon on CNN discussing the investigation of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
Continuing Russian missile attacks meant to “sow confusion” and “cause fear,” said Gen. Votel
The Assange case shows that a “public interest” defense to unauthorized disclosures of classified information is neither wise nor workable
With British courts now having issued a formal order approving the extradition of Julian Assange, the debate sparked by Assange’s continuing legal saga will undoubtedly embrace the controversial question of whether Assange and others charged with unlawfully disclosing U.S. national security information should be afforded the opportunity to assert a “public interest” or “public accountability” […]
Opinion: The war isn’t over, but Ukraine is already prosecuting Russian crimes
Opinion: Cut the root of Russia’s power by making a clean energy transition
Opinion for The Hill by CERL Advisory Council member Eric W. Orts
Richard Painter comments on crypto regulation
Quoted in Fortune
Why Putin’s plan may be backfiring
Lt. Gen. Clapper on CNN with Jessica Dean
Opinion: Tyrants get bad information — so do non-tyrants
Putin’s terror state and the not so new world order
President Zelensky is right. Russia is a terrorist state. It has fully embraced terrorism as a national strategy. What is unfolding daily before the world’s eyes is hard to describe in any other terms. The recent, appalling report of mass-murder in Bucha and the murder of 52 civilians at the Kramatorsk train station are just […]
Lt. Gen. Clapper fears more “organized brutality” from Russia
“This was an attempted putsch,” Richard Painter says of Jan 6
Richard Painter comments on failure of Trump administration to supply accounting of foreign gifts
CERL Book Talk with Wojciech Sadurski
The Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at Penn, together with the Department of Russian and East European Studies of Penn Arts and Sciences, hosted Wojciech Sadurski to discuss his book Poland’s Constitutional Breakdown. Prof. Sadurski is the Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney. Moderating the talk was Claire Finkelstein, […]
How the state secrets doctrine undermines democracy
New opinion by Prof. Claire Finkelstein
Richard Painter says Justice Thomas should have recused from all cases before the Supreme Court involving the 2020 election
